Alright, so I don't know if anyone is even reading this story anymore but... I'm Back! I can't apologize enough for the long, unecessary break. It's summer and I have more inspiration to write for The Vampire Diaries now that the show is over. (It was just depressing and frustrating me at the end there...especially with all those damn breaks.) So, Enjoy! Tell me what you want to see happen!
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Shaylee sat on the floor with Elena of the basement, their hearts practically exploding out of their chests. Elena had just pulled the dagger out. The dagger that Shay killed him with . The dagger that was keeping him dead!
"Why did you do that?!" Shaylee exclaimed softly. Elena sighed.
"We need answers, Shay. We need to know how to kill an original without killing Bonnie." Elena explained.
Shaylee nodded, and they waited anxiously for Elijah to wake up. Slowly, and Slowly, Elijah's skin began to change from a dirty ash grey color and slowly but surely morph into his light skin again. Shaylee couldn't stop her heart from pounding. It just wasn't possible. Elijah…the vampire- original that she staked was coming back to life by the hands of her sister, probably to kill her.
Suddenly, Elijah gasped and moved, arching his back making Elena and Shaylee practically have a heart attack on the spot. They immediately crawled over to him in the dirt and kneeled down next to him, checking to see if he was alright.
Elijah's eyes fell on Shaylee and her heart beat erratically. She was shocked that a house full of vampire's didn't hear this.
He immediately launched himself up, chocking for air desperately. Shaylee and Elena gasped as they immediately moved back from him nervously, not knowing what was happening.
"I….can't…b…breath." Elijah chocked out.
Why on earth couldn't he breath? He was an original…he was healed! He should be able to breath.
"What's happening to me?" he chocked out as he flew to the door. Shaylee and Elena gasped as they immediately got up, and followed him as he staggered out of the door.
"I haven't been invited in." Elijah chocked out as he flew to the front door, and opened it, moving outside into the fresh air, taking a deep, large breath.
Elena and Shaylee exchanged an anxious look and immediately ran after him. Shay cursed quietly knowing that Damon was going to kill her for this. Stefan would kill her for letting Elena do this…she hated to admit it, but Elena was right for one. They needed answers.
They ran to the front door, but were very careful that they stayed within the doorframe. Elijah looked up at them angrily and launched himself towards them, but was stopped by the doorframe. He wasn't invited in.
He took an angry, strained breath and glared at the fraternal twins.
"What happened?" He demanded lowly. Shay and Elena both shook their heads and Elena put a finger to her lips, telling him to be silent.
He looked to Shaylee in confusion, and she pointed upstairs and then to her ears, signaling that Stefan and Damon were upstairs and could hear them sill. Elijah nodded, knowing that obviously Stefan and Damon had no clue that they endangered him.
"We'll explain, but not here." Shaylee whispered quietly. Elijah narrowed his eyes skeptically.
"Can I trust you?" Shaylee asked suspiciously. She didn't feel like being killed that night.
"Can I trust you!" Elijah countered back angrily, but quietly. Shaylee sighed and looked upstairs nervously. Damon was going to stake her on the spot when he found out, however, Shaylee knew that she had to prove to Elijah that he could trust her.
She quickly snatched the dagger out of Elena's hands, causing her to gasp angrily, and she handed it over to Elijah, meeting his eyes. He narrowed them suspiciously at the young blonde. He knew what this meant. What faith she was putting into him.
Elijah took the dagger gratefully and with a nod, he told them to follow him. Elena immediately followed after him while Shaylee hung back cautiously and looked up the stairs. All she could think of was that Damon was going to kill her. But she went anyways, following Elijah out.
As Damon's eyes flickered open, he groaned in protest and rolled over to bring Shay into him, however, when he did that, she was nowhere. The bed was cold, and her scent was partially gone. He frowned as he looked around the room curiously. No heartbeat. No Shay.
He immediately sat up and looked at the clock. Usually Shay would still be beside him…unless she hadn't slept there. Worry immediately cursed threw his veins as he heard Stefan calling out for Elena. Shit. Elena was gone to. He immediately got out of bed and did a speed change, changing into his signature black button up shirt and dark wash jeans.
He ran downstairs, holding his hands up in question.
"What's going on?" Damon asked confused as Stefan searched the house.
"Where's Shay?" Stefan demanded.
"Not here."
"Neither is Elena."
The two brothers looked to each other worriedly, their hearts starting to pound erratically. Elena and Shaylee were both gone. This couldn't be good. They might be sisters, but they would never willingly go anywhere together. They would fight and bicker so much before they went it would have woken them up. No…something must be wrong.
Stefan suddenly looked at Damon when an idea coursed threw his head. He ran down the stairs, into the cellar to see a very Elijah-less cell. Damon was hot on his heels as he skidded to a stop and froze, looking fearfully into the cell.
Elijah was gone.
"No she didn't…" Damon groaned in aggravation.
Elena pulled up to the Lockwood gardens as Elijah sipped on a blood bag in the front seat. Shaylee sat in the back, holding onto the seat fearfully at Elena's driving.
"Finally." Shaylee commented as they climbed out of the car. "You know Elena, I would rather die in my sleep like grandpa, rather than the passengers screaming in his car."
Elena threw Shay a glare, and Elijah ignored the two bickering.
"We need your help, Elijah." Elena finally spoke. Elijah sighed and looked over to Elena, then back at Shay.
"And why would I consider that?"
"The same reason you haven't kill me." Shay quipped. "You need our help to kill Klaus-"
"And, we need you." Elena added, throwing Shay a disapproving look.
Shay's phone buzzed in her pocket and she sighed. She took it out of her jeans and looked down at the caller I.D. Damon.
She held up a finger, letting them know she'll be back to the conversation in just a moment as she clicked the little green talk button.
"Where are you?" Damon demanded as he threw on his jacket and grabbed his keys, prepared to go get her and drag her back to the house if he had to.
"Damon…" Shaylee warned.
"Where are you?" Damon repeated again, seething. Stefan walked up to him, shrugging his shoulders, his eyes going wide, wanting to know what was going on.
"Elijah and I need to talk."
"Shay. Listen to me!" Damon hissed. "He cannot be trusted. He will use you to get to Klaus."
Shay sighed and rolled her eyes. "Elijah lives by a code of honor, I can trust him. He knows that I would be incredibly stupid to betray him again. By removing the dagger I have proven myself."
Damon furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. That wasn't Shaylee talking. She was the annoyingly witty sarcasm using teenager. She didn't think she would have to prove herself, and she especially didn't apologize. These weren't Shay's words, they were-
Elena's.
Damon cursed and rolled her eyes at her idiot of a sister.
"Shaylee, you can't do this alone." Damon lectured angrily.
"Just don't do anything stupid. I'll be home later." Shaylee replied before clicking off her phone.
Damon growled frustrated and clicked his phone off angrily. She couldn't do this.
Elijah smiled and held out his hand, waiting for Shay's phone. She rolled her eyes feeling like Alaric was confiscating her phone once again. She sighed and handed it over.
"Did she just hang up on me?" Damon asked in utter annoyance. Stefan nodded.
"She did."
"She's lost it." Damon commented, pursing his lips angrily. Stefan shook his head.
"If anyone can convince him to help us kill Klaus it's her." Stefan told Damon. But Damon shook his head angrily, starting to pace.
"No. Bonnie is the way to kill Klaus, Stefan. He thinks she's dead, we have a chance with her."
"She'll kill herself in the process." Stefan answered, shaking his head. "Elena and Shay are looking for another way."
"Her way is going to get her and Shay killed, so we find them, and stop them!" Damon suggested like it was the most obvious thing in the world. He headed towards the door, but Stefan blocked his path.
"No! you need to back off." Stefan told him. Damon's eyes narrowed angrily at Stefan threw confusion.
"What?" he snapped. He wasn't just going to let his fiancée get killed because of her idiot sister's completely stupid move.
"I don't like it anymore than you do, but we have to trust them. Just let her do her thing." Stefan suggested to Damon.
Damon shook his head.
"That might be your plan, mine's better." Damon told him as he headed towards the door again, but Stefan grabbed his arm roughly, stopping him. Damon yanked his arm out of his grasp and turned to face Stefan head on, both glaring angrily at the other.
"He's here." Shaylee explained. Elijah looked at her shocked, and confused.
"Klaus? He's here?"
Shaylee nodded apprehensively, not knowing how he's going to take it.
"He's taken over Alaric's body." Shaylee explained to Elijah who was completely out of the loop. After all, he had been rotting away on an old, dirty basement cellar floor.
"Of course he has." Elijah sneered. "One of his favorite tricks."
"Well what are his other tricks?" Elena demanded nervously, her eyebrows furrowing. She wasn't as calm about it as Shaylee was. However, Shay was the least calm out of all of them. She was freaking out inside, but hid it extraordinarily well. She didn't want to die anymore than Elena did.
Elijah shook his head and ran the mayors doorbell when the three of them finished walking over to the front door. Shaylee and Elena both frowned in confusion.
The door opened, revealing Carol Lockwood. Shaylee deflected her eyes, knowing she was going to wonder about her not coming by as much. Her and Tyler had been friends since they were little kids. Carol was like a second mother to her. But recently…they hadn't been as close. Tyler started forming a tighter bond with Caroline, and Shaylee started falling in love with Damon. Then…Tyler left without a word.
"Elijah, Shaylee, Elena! What are you doing here?" She asked confused.
"We had a bit of an accident." Elijah told her, referring to his old, worn and tattered clothes. "I'm hoping you can help."
"Well…" Carol started apologetically. "I'm on my way to a meeting-"
"It will only take a minute." Elijah told her, starring into her eyes, compelling her. Shaylee and Elena's jaws dropped. They thought she had been on vervain...
"OF course. Anything you need." Carol told him smiling brightly.
"We'll start with a fresh change of clothes." Elijah compelled.
As Damon and Stefan waited around the house, feeling useless, waiting for Shaylee and Elena to come back, Stefan's phone began to ring. Stefan grabbed in anxiously, and hopefully.
"Hello?"
"Hey Stefan, it's Jenna." Jenna greeted Stefan over the phone.
"Jenna, Hey."
"Where's Elena?" she asked confused. "Or shay and Jeremy? Nobody is answering their phone."
"Uh…" Stefan started, trying to deflect her off of the case of the vampires, doppelgangers, and the sacrifice. "Shay and Elena aren't here at the moment. Is everything ok?"
Damon looked at him suspiciously, narrowing his eyes as he tuned in on the conversation.
"She left me all these weird messages telling me to stay away from Ric. What's going on?" Jenna explained. Damon sighed and rolled his eyes. Great thinking, Elena…
"It's really hard to explain over the phone, but she was hoping you could stay on campus for awhile." Stefan explained as Damon took a sip of his hard alcohol.
"Well that's kinda hard to do from my kitchen." Jenna informed Stefan, rolling her eyes. Stefan froze.
"Wait…your home?" He asked confused.
"Yeah, what's going on? I'm supposed to meet Ric at the grill for lunch to talk." Jenna told him, making both Damon and Stefan's pulses sky rocket.
Shay and Elena didn't want Jenna to have anything to do with the mysterious supernatural world of Mystic falls. It was the last thing both of them wanted. Once you got dragged in, you couldn't be dug out, and you eventually got hurt.
"I'm going to come over right now and explain everything." Stefan told Jenna before hanging up. Damon sighed and shook his head.
"I'd love to lend you a hand, but you wouldn't want me to do anything stupid." Damon told him sarcastically, smirking.
Stefan narrowed his eyes at Damon and shook his head as Stefan headed out the door. He smirked and grabbed his cell phone.
"Hi. What are you doing?" Damon asked, smirking to himself. He just came up with a better plan.
"I assume that the Martin witches are no longer with us." Elijah spoke after he changed clothes. Carol had brought him one of Richard's old suits then promptly left, forgetting they were even there.
Elijah sat on the couch and Elena and Shaylee sat on one across from him.
"No. I'm sorry."
"And Katerina? Gabriella?" Elijah asked. Shay and Elena sighed.
"We don't know about Gabriella, but Klaus took Katherine. We think that she may be dead." Shaylee explained to poor, out of the loop Elijah. A lot happens when your dead for a couple weeks.
"I doubt that." Elijah told them, shaking his head. "Not Klaus's style. Death would be to easy for her after what she did."
"I don't understand." Elena told him. "You say you want Klaus dead, but you still made Katherine pay for betraying him."
"I have my own reasons for wanting Katerina and Gabriella to pay, Elena." Elijah explained to her like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"There was a time I'd have done anything for Klaus." Elijah explained regretfully, wistfully. "He is my brother."
Shaylee and Elena's jaws dropped, shocked. His brother. He wanted to help kill his own brother? Murder his flesh and blood? No. Damon and Stefan say they want to do it…but they never actually could. It wasn't possible, and not that easy.
"Yes, I'm a little behind on the times, but I believe the words your searching for are OMFG." Elijah spoke calmly, taking a sip of tea."
Damon's master plan…wasn't really that master. Shaylee wouldn't approve, but it's not like Damon needs her permission. If she's going to go out and play by herself, create plans that's going to get her killed without consulting with him, he could do the same.
He called the news reporter girl. Knowing that she was into him, he easily compelled her to come with him. Do what he said. No damage done. He needed a human in order to get into Klaus's- Alaric's apartment. To check if Katherine was still alive. He needed a little favor done from the bitch.
"I don't think this is a good idea." Andy told him as they approached the door. Damon rolled his eyes. Shaylee was so much more adventurous.
"You're an investigative reporter, we're investigating." Damon justified and motioned for Andy to knock on the door.
"Hey Alaric, are you home?" she called.
However, Damon could hear music from the other end and guessed it wasn't Klaus's taste. He looked behind him to make sure nobody was around and easily broke the lock and Andy opened the door and pushed it open, revealing a very annoyed, irritated Katherine.
"Thank God." She commented. Damon smirked and leaned against the doorframe.
"Wow…you look exactly like Elena."
Katherine merely rolled her eyes, but Damon didn't care. She wouldn't remember a thing when he dropped her off at her house.
"Thought you might be dead." Damon commented.
"Unfortunately, not." Katherine replied. "What are you doing here?"
"We are here to rescue you." Andy told her smiling.
"No, we are here to see if she deserves to be rescued."
See, he wouldn't have brought Andy along if he hadn't needed someone to push the door open. He couldn't, sense he was a vampire.
"I figured you might still be kicking." Damon told her smirking. "Alaric/Klaus was blending way to easily. I figured he had some coaching."
Damon took a vial out of his pocket and held it up smirking, twirling it in his hand. Katherine's eyes went wide.
"Is that-"
"Vervain? Your salvation?" Damon asked, and nodded confirming. Katherine sighed.
"It's not going to undo anything."
"There's always a loophole. Did he tell you to stay in this apartment until he told you it was ok to leave?" Damon asked knowingly.
Katherine opened her mouth to speak, but was stopped. She frowned in agravation.
"You can't say!" Damon spoke teasingly, smirking. Bitch deserved it. "Did he tell you to do absolutely everything he says until the end of time?"
"No." Katherine immediately answered. Damon raised his eyebrows pointedly, and Katherine's face broke into a smirk.
"There's your loophole." Damon informed her. "drink this, and you can resist his compulsion."
Katherine immediately headed towards him, but he snatched it away before she could grab it.
"Give it to me!" she demanded. Damon tsked, and shook his head.
"Answer one question first." Damon told her. "You double crossed us with Isobel. Why?"
"I didn't think you could stand a chance against Klaus so I decided to handle things myself." Katherine explained.
"And where did that get you?" Damon asked knowingly. Katherine sighed. Damon threw the vervain to her and she caught it.
He needed Katherine to owe him something. He liked that fact. It provided power. She owed him a huge favor and they both knew it. Katherine was their one key to possibly surviving this sacrifice if she could get out.
"Be careful with that. If he knows you have it you're never getting out of here." Damon told her.
"You owe me." Damon told her, promisingly as he nodded for Andy to head out of the apartment. "And I will collect."
"Bye." Andy told Katherine, heading out of the room. Damon was tempted to just leave her there.
"So as you've seen, nothing can kill an original." Elijah explained to Elena and Shay as they walked the grounds of the Lockwood Property.
"Not sun, not fire, not even a werewolf bite." Elijah explained. "Only the wood from one tree. A tree my family made sure burned."
"That's where the white ash from the dagger comes from." Elena answered in realization.
"Yes." Elijah spoke. "the Witches won't let anything truly immortal to walk the earth. Every creature needs to have a weakness in order to maintain balance. "
"so if the sun can't kill an original, why is Klaus so obsessed with breaking the sun and the moon curse?" Shaylee asked confused. Nothing was making sense.
"The curse of the sun and the moon. It's all so…biblical sounding. We made up the scrolls from the Aztec sketchings."
The Aztec sketching weren't real? So did that mean the curse wasn't real? Shay and Elena had a glimmer of a small bubble of hope starting.
"Why?" Shaylee asked confused.
"it was the best way to get two powerful supernatural entities motivated to look for the Doppelganger." Elijah explained. Shay and Elena sighed. Hope officially gone.
"so it's not Aztec at all?" Elena asked, just as confused as Shay was.
"The curse of the sun and the moon, is fake." Elijah answered. Shaylee and Elena froze. Their hearts beating rapidly with excitement and hope. No curse. No sacrifice. No sacrifice, no death!
"Klaus and I faked the sun and moon curse dating back over a thousand years." Elijah explained. "There is a curse though…just not that one."
Hopes and Dreams crushed once again for the two teenage sacrificial girls.
"The real one is a curse placed on Klaus."
But that's when Elena's phone started to buzz. Elijah sighed and dug into his pocket for it, handing it to her.
"Stefan-" She started as soon as she took it from Elijah's hand and pressed the talk button, holding it up to her ear. But she froze as she heard Stefan talking.
"What's wrong? No…n-n-n-n-no." Elena told him horrified. "What- Ok. I'll be right there."
"What's going on?" Shaylee demanded.
"Jenna knows." Elena told Shaylee. Shaylee's eyes grew wide. Knew Knew? Like…about Vampires, Werewolf's, Curses?
"We have to go." Elena told him.
"I'm afraid that wasn't part of today's arrangements." Elijah told them. Shaylee rolled her eyes.
"well make it, because she's our family. We'll be back." Shaylee promised him.
"You have our word." Elena promised.
"That doesn't mean anything to me until you live up to it." Elijah told her. Shaylee and Elena took It as a sign that they should leave, and they nodded thankfully, running to the car.
Now it was time to explain to Jenna.
Shaylee's heart was pounding as she ran into the Salvatore house. She was partially worried about what Damon would say to her. She knew he would be pissed as hell at her, yell, and stew, but Shaylee wasn't too nervous about that. Sure, he would be pissed at her for awhile, however Shaylee was more worried about Jenna.
She betrayed Jenna, twice now. Lied about her birth parents being alive, and withheld the truth about the existence about vampires! She owed Jenna everything. Jenna took them in, didn't hover, but cared about them dearly at the same time. She was the best parent that she could possibly be, and she made sure of that, for Elena, Shay, and Jeremy. Shaylee owed Jenna everything and she felt incredibly horrible and guilty about lying to her, and especially her finding out about it this way.
Jenna was trying to group herself together on the couch as Shaylee and Elena ran into the living room.
"Jenna, thank god-" Elena started to say, taking a step to hug her, but Jenna edged away, glaring up at the fraternal twins.
"No." She told them, shaking her head, tears still evident on her cheeks.
Shaylee sighed. She knew Jenna had every right to be mad, horribly angry even, but she needed to explain. She needed to explain everything to Jenna. No more lies.
"Jenna, I'm so sorry. I never meant for any of this to happen." Shaylee apologized profusely.
"When I was little, your mom used to tell me bedtime stories. Stories about vampires." Jenna whispered out, out of breath, still trying to compose herself.
"I never thought that what she said could be true."
Shaylee sighed and sat down on the coffee table, which she knew Damon would have her ass about later. She sat across from Jenna and looked up at her guiltily, and Jenna saw that. Shaylee could be a statue with her emotions, but when she was truly story for something, her face was an open book.
Jenna saw all of Shaylee's emotions. Hurt, sorry, sad, guilty. So many more, and mixtures of others.
"The stories are true." Shaylee told her truthfully. "We should have told you."
"I thought that if you didn't know, you would be safe." Elena explained, sitting next to Shay, looking up into Jenna's sad, betrayed eyes.
"But then things got so out of control and everything that I've done to keep you safe just blew up in my face." Elena told her sadly.
"Who else knows?" She demanded lowly, almost afraid of the answer. Shaylee took a deep breath, composing herself for she knew that this would only make Jenna hurt worse.
"Jeremy?" Jenna asked. Shaylee nodded, confirming.
"John?" she bit out, tears starting to come out of her eyes again.
Shaylee bit her lip as emotions flooded threw her. Jenna had kept her together after their parents died. She had been her rock and Shaylee hated disappointing her. She hated Jenna being mad at her. It was an awful feeling.
"we were only trying to protect you." Elena promised. Jenna's jaw opened and she looked at Elena, betrayed.
"Protect me?"
"I'm so sorry. I will tell you everything!" Shaylee promised her, a few tears coming down her cheeks.
She hated crying more than anything. It was a weakness. Shaylee hated appearing vulnerable to anybody, even Damon. But she couldn't help it this time. She hated that Jenna was disappointed in her. She lied to her, over and over again.
"No guys, I am supposed to be the one protecting you!" Jenna exclaimed, now mad at herself more than the girls in front of her.
"I know, but there's nothing that you could have done." Shay promised Jenna, shaking her head. "There's so much more to it-"
"No." Jenna told her softly, shaking her head. "This is wh-…this is so-…I don't know how this all got so screwed up."
Jenna was blubbering softly, tears falling down her face.
"I know, hey-" Elena tried to calm her down.
"Why didn't you tell me?!" Jenna demanded angrily, glaring at them. Shaylee and Elena didn't have an answer for that.
"I'm scared…" Jenna told her softly.
"I know…I know." Shaylee told her softly, moving onto the couch, hugging her aunt tightly, letting her cry into her shoulder.
Shaylee and Elena told Jenna everything, and anything they could think of. Everything about vampires, burning in the sun, drinking blood, the daylight rings, strength and power, compulsion with vervain. Then they moved onto Klaus, and Klaus holding Alaric's body, the sacrifice and the werewolves. Shaylee was to be sure to leave absolutely nothing out, nothing. Shaylee felt like a weight had been lifted off of her shoulders by telling Jenna. Now Jenna knew, and it felt like everything was going to be ok and alright.
Jenna said that she needed a few minutes, and was going to stay at the boarding house for the night, which was good because she would be safe.
Shaylee and Elena walked out of the room, shutting the door softly, being greeted by Stefan.
"Is she going to be ok?" Stefan asked her nervously. Shaylee and Elena both nodded, though still feeling horrible for what they put her threw, and how she found out.
"Yeah…we tried to tell her as much as she could, but there's just so much to tell her." Elena told Stefan softly.
Stefan felt horrible. It was his fault. If he had never lost control in front of Jenna with Klaus, Jenna would still be in the dark and nothing would have ever happened. Jenna wouldn't have been in this pain, and neither would Shay or Elena.
"I'm so sorry." Stefan apologized, wrapping an arm around Shay's waist comfortingly. Shay smiled softly and shook her head.
"It's not your fault, Stefan." Shaylee promised. He merely scoffed and shook his head. "It's mine. Anyway, we have to go back."
Stefan immediately released Shay, and looked into her eyes and Elena's to see if they were serious. They were. They were absolutely serious which was crazy! Absolutely madness. They couldn't go back to Elijah! He couldn't be trusted!
"Wait, what?" Stefan demanded. "no."
"Stefan, we promised." Shaylee told him heading towards the door.
As Damon walked back into the house, he swore that he heard Shay's voice. "Stefan we promised."
His heart floored seeing that Shay was alive and fine, wasn't hurt by Elijah. Now that he got her back, she wasn't leaving his sight again. She had been incredibly stupid by trusting Elijah, and now Damon wasn't taking his eyes off of her, afraid that she was going to do anything stupid move.
As Shaylee and Elena headed towards the door, she groaned as she saw Damon heading down the steps angrily coming to stand in front of her. She knew he was going to be mad.
"Where do you think you're going?" Damon demanded.
"Back to Elijah-" But Shaylee was cut off as Damon suddenly zoomed right up in front of her, looking down at her threateningly, but Shay wasn't threatened. She had been dealing with Damon for far to long.
"No." Damon spoke lowly, intensely looking down t her, his gaze boring into hers.
"Get out of the way Damon-" Shaylee demanded, trying to move past him, but Damon grabbed onto her arms tightly, angrily, topping her in his place.
"If you so much as try to take a step out of this house…" Damon threatened passionately down at her, angrily. His jaw tense, his hands tight around her arms.
Shaylee met him glare for glare as she looked up at him. She knew he was worried about her, and didn't want to leave. She knew Damon just wanted to keep him safe, but she was safe with Elijah. He wouldn't hurt her.
"Damon…" Elena interjected.
"Stay out of this Elena." Damon snapped angrily, still looking down at Shaylee.
"Let her go." Stefan demanded regretfully. He didn't want the girls to go, but he knew they gave their word to Elijah. They didn't have a choice.
"Are you kidding me? We just got her back." Damon snapped, his eyes still blazing into Shaylee's, who were glaring up at him. Truth be told, his grip was starting to hurt.
Stefan's hand slapped down onto Damon's arm and clasped it tightly. Elena narrowed her eyes at her boyfriend who was acting like a jealous one. Jealous over Shay. However, everyone else knew that wasn't the case. Stefan was her best friend and was protecting her.
"You heard me." Stefan told him lowly, threateningly. "I said let her go."
Damon sneered at Stefan angrily. "That's twice today you've stood in my way. I wouldn't make it a third."
The two brothers stood in front of each other, glaring, the girls completely forgotten, leaving them time to sneak out the front door and head back to Elijah.
Shaylee and Elena made their way back into the Lockwood Mansion to see Elijah in the living room, to the right of the foyer.
"You came back." Elijah told them smiling, pleasantly surprised. They weren't at all like Katherine. A lot like Gabriella though. Trustworthy, truthful. He had always had a soft spot for Gabriella.
"What is Klaus's curse/" Shaylee demanded, ready to get right down to the nitty gritty details. She wasn't looking forward to going home and facing Damon, but she didn't exactly have a choice in the matter.
"My family was very close, got along quite well except for my father and Niklous. When we got older, we learned the truth. He was not his father. My mother had been unfaithful many years before. Klaus is from a different blood line." Elijah explained, pouring himself a drink.
"My father wouldn't stand for it and went on a killing spree. Killing my mother's lover and the rest of his family which ignited a war of the species still fought to this day."
Shaylee's jaw dropped as she heard what he was explaining. No. There was no way that was possible. It couldn't be. Could it? A vampire and a werewolf?
"Wait…so your saying…" Shaylee teetered off, confused.
"Klaus is a werewolf, and a vampire. However, the witches sealed off his werewolf side for nobody could hold that greater power. Something about the balance of nature…" Elijah teetered off. "That's what the sacrifice is. The werewolf side will become active once the sacrifice is completed."
"The curse must be broken during a full moon. While Klaus is in transition, he is at his most vulnerable." Elijah explained.
"There's one more thing you most know. There is a potion, one that could save your life. It was created by the witches for Katerina." Elijah explained, Elena and Shay's mouths dropping in shock.
Shaylee's heart started to race at the thought of finally bring with Damon, forever. She wouldn't have to die. She wouldn't have to leave him. Ever. Warmth flooded threw her as she thought about what this would mean. A full life! A life she never thought that she would ever have.
Shaylee and Elena walked into the house, completely shocked to see Stefan and Damon going at it angrily. Their hands were around each other's throat's tightly, growling at each other, for the first time, actually looking like real vampire's to Shaylee and Elena.
Shaylee was completely shocked. She knew that Stefan and Damon hadn't been getting along, but this was extreme. They were ready to tear each other's throats out.
'Hey! Stop it!" Shaylee shouted angrily. Both brothers growled angrily and pushed each other away, releasing each other.
Their bodies were still tense with anger and adrenaline as they separated, looking at Shay and Elena in the house with Elijah.
"Now you've invited him in?!" Damon demanded angrily.
"Elijah, Elena, and I have renewed the terms of our deal." Shaylee explained. Damon looked at her, his jaw clenched tightly
He wasn't going to trust Elijah with Shaylee's life. Shaylee's life was the most important thing in his entire world. He was going to do whatever he could to save her, no matter what it costs. And he certainly wasn't going to trust Elijah to save Shaylee's life.
"Really?" Damon sneered.
"The two of you will come to no harm under my hands." Elijah explained to them, moving forward. "I only ask for one thing in return."
"What?" Damon complained.
"An apology."
Damon was astounded. Really? He wanted an apology? He didn't apologize to anyone! Except for Shay of course…but that was limited. Very limited.
"A what?" Damon complained, his eyebrows furrowing together like he had never heard the word in his entire life.
Stefan sighed, and stepped forward, knowing that it was important to Elena that he did this.
"I'm sorry for the part that I played in your death." Stefan told him. Elijah nodded.
Everybody then looked to Damon to see what he was going to say. There was no way in hell Damon was apologizing to him. He was saving Shay's life.
Damon glared up at him sneeringly, shaking his head.
"The sacrifice is going to happen." Shaylee told Damon. "Bonnie will be able to kill Klaus without hurting herself, and Elijah knows how to save our lives."
Damon raised an eyebrows skeptically, but he didn't believe it. He wasn't going to trust a double crossing original with Shaylee's life. There was no way in hell he was going to take his word for it. They were talking about the most important person to him. His fiancée, the love of his life.
"Is that true?" Damon asked critically.
"It is." Elijah answered him.
"and your choosing to believe him?" Damon asked snidely, angrily.
"I am." Shaylee told Damon softly, knowing he was going to be mad.
"You can all go to hell." Damon spoke angrily, but calmly. His throat felt tight at the idea of loosing Shay. He didn't trust that Elijah was going to keep her alive. He couldn't loose her. Ever.
He glared at Shaylee, looking scorn and angry as he stormed out of the room. Shaylee sighed and looked after him guiltily.
He stormed into his room, slamming the door. He started unbuttoning his shirt angrily. But he couldn't take it. He couldn't take the thought that Shaylee might die. Despite what Elijah said, there wasn't a guarantee! It had never been tested before! Shaylee was blinding, and stupidly putting her faith into someone that she shouldn't trust!
He punched the wall angrily as tears started coming down his face. He was only sure of one thing, and that was that he could not, and would not loose Shay.
"Damon?" Shaylee called, opening the door.
Damon cursed and quickly wiped his eyes, regaining his composure. He knew that Shaylee was going threw a lot, and the last thing she needed was him being obviously worried and vulnerable about her nearing possible death.
"Just go, Shay." Damon demanded, facing away from her. Shaylee just shook her head.
"I'm not going anywhere." Shaylee told him softly, apologetically. Damon growled and spun around to face, right in front of her, his hand cupping her face tightly, almost roughly.
"Shay, You are being incredibly stupid." Damon sneered at her. "Blindly putting your faith in Elijah-"
"I'm not blindly doing anything!" Shay exclaimed angrily, knowing full well that the full moon was tonight, and they shouldn't be arguing.
"You don't even know if it will keep you alive!" Damon argued passionately.
"It's the only chance we've got!" Shaylee argued. Damon shook his head angrily and pushed Shay away from him, breathing roughly, trying to compose himself.
"Damon…" Shay spoke softly. Damon took a breath. He couldn't stand when she talked to him like that. Her soft, apologetic voice. It only made him want to give in and just kiss her.
"No. no Shay! I refuse to think that's the only option!" Damon shouted at her.
Shaylee looked at him curiously…but eventually realized something. This wasn't about putting her faith in Elijah…not at all. She saw all the insecurities Damon had about her, and their life together.
"Damon…" she repeated.
"I can't loose you!" He yelled at her angrily, turning on the spot to face her, practically raging with emotion. Shaylee's jaw dropped as she looked at him sympathetically.
She immediately walked up to him, taking his face into her hands. "You won't."
"You don't know that." Damon countered as he took her wrists into his hands softly, looking down into her eyes.
"No, I don't." Shaylee told him honestly. "But I refuse to believe that this is it."
Damon looked down at her conflicted as he looked into her eyes, then down to her lips. He gripped her waist and pulled her body against his tightly as his lips crashed into hers passionately.
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-Love, Chella.