I'm tired of disclaimers so, for the rest of the story, if anything is recognizable as either TVD or TO it is not mine. I own changes as well as Sara and any other OCs I create. If I do.

Chapter 25

Klaus and Damon decided to be bait and distract the guards by the house. They were chosen as neither of them had a problem killing humans. Sara went with them to act as the human they were trying to kill. She'd taken a hefty amount of Finn's blood before they got there so she could survive being mauled if need be.

"Yoo-hoo! Anybody home? Big, bad vampire out here." Damon taunted the house.

The Pastor walked out and noticed the unharmed Matt in the arms of Klaus. "Let him go. The boy's innocent." He called to them.

"Yes, but that will not stop me from killing him." Klaus said and wretched Matt's neck to the side. "Give us your hostages and he's all yours." Klaus gets closer to Matt's neck.

"Come on Pastor. You know we'll kill him. We want to kill him." Damon's voice is almost seductive with his lust for blood.

"Go away! You are not invited in and I'm not coming out." The naive Pastor believed that telling them to go away would work.

He can't. You have too. Sara's voice echoed in Klaus' mind. "Good bye Quarterback." Klaus sneered. It went against ever fibre of his being to hurt Sara, but here he was about to do it. His fangs were just about to enter Matt/Sara's neck when two shots rang out. Both vampires fell to the ground.

"Run inside!" The Pastor called to Matt. He reached out with a hand and motioned him forward.

"You should not have done that!" The Pastor was involuntarily launched forward. Two men rounded the house and fired two shots into Sara, who now looked like herself. She fell backward into Klaus. Upon contact with him, her magic shot out. A bubble now surrounded them and Damon. It was shimmering with black and red veins, the colour she associated between herself and Klaus. She took both the vampires hands and sneered at the deputies.

Damon and Klaus watched with horror and fascination as the two men stopped dead in their tracks. They grasped at their throats as if being choked and then with a snap, they both fall to the ground.

"Let us check on the others." She announced and walked off towards the barn. She'd completely forgotten about the fact that she was shot. The witch currently had a bullet in her shoulder and one in her stomach. Neither one even slowed her down.

They walked into the barn to find the vampires trying to break the locks. They were infused with vervain, as was everything in the barn. Sara huffed. "Clearly I'm needed." She laughed and all of the doors flew off. Damon and Stefan both rushed to Elena, while Klaus helped Rebekah. She came running to Sara and wrapped her arms around her.

"Where were you?" Rebekah buried her face in the witch's neck. She noticed to smell of blood and pulled away. "Are you okay?"

The Original family surrounded the witch. "I was shot." Sara said like it was no big deal.

Klaus reached forward, as Finn pinned Sara to his chest. Finn's bleeding wrist was over her mouth. Klaus' fingers worked to pull the bullets out. The witch's screams were only muffled by the arm in her face. When the hybrid was done, she took one more pull from Finn and pulled away. "I'm fine." She said to the men.

Sara looked at her family. Sadness was clear in her eyes. "I died." Her attention turned back to Rebekah. "That's where I was. Dead. I'm sorry I wasn't here."

Rebekah placed her hands on either side of the girls face. "You are going to have to explain. I'm just glad you're alright and thank you for saving me." She kissed the girl on the forehead, before moving to hug her eldest brother.

Stefan, Elena and Damon had heard her conversation with Rebekah. Stefan moved to his niece. "What do you mean you were dead?"

Sara's eyes filled with tears as they turned to Damon. She tumbled backwards into Klaus. "You didn't even tell him?" Her voice cracked with pain. Her father knew she was dead and didn't tell his brother, he clearly hadn't even seemed upset because Stefan would have asked why. She turned to Stefan.

"You desiccated me and Alaric shoved a stake through my heart. Klaus retrieved my body from Damon. He and Finn saved my life. Your brother, knew I was dead. But apparently a transitioning Elena beats a dead daughter on the emotional pain scale." Sara couldn't even see there were so many tears in her eyes. She spoke to both Finn and Klaus. I want to leave now.

Without pause Finn grabbed Rebekah and Sage, while Klaus picked up Sara and they left. She heard someone calling out to her, but it was gone to quick to know who it was. She closed her eyes and cried as they loaded themselves into Klaus' car. Sage drove because Sara would not let go of the hybrid. She was wrapped around him, as she sobbed into his neck. She kept telling him how sorry she was for doing this to him and all he did was run his hand down her hair.

Are they home? Klaus knew who she was talking about and he didn't have the heart to tell her that both his brothers had left town, Kol before she sacrificed herself and Elijah once he thought his brother dead. No answer was enough of an answer for her. She held him tighter and sobbed harder.

Her sounds broke the hearts of the vampires in the car, they all felt horrible for what this girl had recently been through. They didn't know her past with her family, but they suspected it was horrible. They'd seen the shame on Damon's face when she brought up the importance of family at the Grill. They knew she wasn't always her families first choice and that broke their hearts to see. This girl deserved to be first, she deserved to be loved unconditionally.

Klaus couldn't help but reflect on all the times he'd hurt his family. He wondered if he'd ever made them feel the way this broken girl in his arms felt. She'd nearly died to save him, a monster, not just because it meant saving people she loved, but because it'd save, thousands she hadn't met. It'd save him and it'd save him family heartbreak. He'd broken their hearts more times than he could count and now looking at this amazing person in his arms, he wanted to be better.

She must have sensed his inner turmoil, because her hand went up to his cheek and she dove into his mind. For a moment and only a moment, he felt violated, but then he realized that her mind was always open to him and he understood that she was trying to sooth him. She scanned through his thoughts to figure out why he was upset. To the outside world Niklaus Mikaelson carried an expression of annoyance, but Sara saw it in his eyes, she saw his emotions.

They'll forgive you, if you try. All you have to do is try. The reason I'm upset is because they don't try. Sure they're there for me when all is perfect, but whenever there's something wrong with Elena or Katherine or one of the many other excuses they've had over the years, they leave me. Stand by them, trust them, don't leave them, and you'll heal.

She stepped out of his mind and subsequently fell asleep in the car. When he had her in bed, he used her phone to call both Elijah and Kol. He didn't tell them why they needed to come back, but solely that they did. He told them to meet him in Chicago and gave them the address to his home there.

He was taking his family, including Sara, away from Mystic Falls.

Someone asked what my update schedule was and honestly I have no idea. I have major writers block at the moment, coupled with an incredibly busy schedule. I will do my best to get chapters out when I can or when I have motivation to, but no promises.

I appreciate all of the amazing feedback.

***Seriously guys, I need an idea about how to involve a conflict. She will be massively changing the story line, so if anyone has anything they'd like to see out of this story I'm all for some hints. I may not use them, but I may. And at least they may guide me towards something else.***