Chapter Twenty Nine: We all Go a Little Mad Sometimes

Holly watched the clock on the microwave, it was a little after midnight. She had spent hours tossing and turning and feeling like she couldn't sleep until she finally relented and headed downstairs for a cup of tea.

She grabbed a cup and turned around, she gasped when she saw Conner in front of her and dropped the cup. Conner cocked his head at her. "Can't sleep?"

Holly gulped. "Your dead, you're supposed to be dead! I killed you!"

Conner cocked his head. "And yet I'm still here."

Holly ran a nervous hand through her dark hair. "No, you're a ghost, you can't be here." Elena had decided to stay over at Bonnie's. There was only one other person there. "Jeremy!"

"Stay away from me!" Holly shouted. "You're a ghost, you're not real."

Conner narrowed his eyes. "Can a ghost do this?" he gripped her by the neck and Holly struggled to breath. Holly grabbed the kitchen knife and stabbed it in Connor's throat. Connor's face disappeared and instead she saw Jeremy's anxious one.

Holly gasped as her brother fell down. "No, Jeremy no, no," she saw that he had his ring, but that didn't make her feel better. "No, Jeremy no, no. . .No...Please."


Holly paced around the living room trying to ignore the fact that her hands were covered in blood and that she was waiting for Jeremy to wake up and that her ex-boyfriend was in the room watching her pace back and forth like an insane person. "What am I even supposed to say to him, Damon?"

Damon winced. "Thanks for not ditching the family ring after it drove Ric crazy."

Holly glared at him.

"Kidding, look I'm sure if he can forgive me for snapping his neck, he can forgive you for accidently stabbing him." This didn't seem to make Holly feel better, especially since she seem to want to burst into tears. "It's going to be ok, Holly. Jeremy will forgive you, it was an accident and Stefan promised that he won't say a word to Elena."

Holly nodded. "I need to go upstairs and shower, I have blood all over my hands."


Stefan was downstairs with Damon in the kitchen when his cell phone rang. "It's Klaus."

Damon raised an eyebrow. "Well, answer him, you may not want to mention that his second in command accidently killed the hunter."

"He already knows." Stefan said flatly as he answered the phone. "I don't want to talk about it."

"Well, I can't imagine why with you and Holly ruining my plans for a hybrid filled future."

Damon and Stefan exchanged looks. "You're using your calm voice today who's getting killed."

Klaus chuckled. "Not you, if that is what you're worried about. But I am worried about our little vampire have the hallucinations started yet. Conveniently I'm at her house, open the door."

Damon opened the door and stepped outside. "Talk."

Klaus smirked. "I killed the original five hunters and when one kills a hunter there is a bit of a consequence. The hunters were spelled by witches to kill vampires, if your prevent one from fulfilling their destiny, they'll take you down with him."

"What do you mean Conner is dead?"

"I mean Conner's death won't prevent him from making Holly his final vampire kill." Klaus smirked. "She'll have to come with me, I'll keep her safe, prevent her from taking her own life."

"She wouldn't do that," Damon scoffed. "She's stronger, you don't know her."

"Clearly, believe me, it's for her own good."


Holly was upstairs in her room brushing her hair when she saw that Conner was right behind her. She gasped. "Leave me alone, you were trying to kill my sister, I did what I had to do-"

"Did you?" Conner said. "You and Elena are both monster and you deserve to die."

"No!" Holly ran downstairs into the kitchen and she relaxed when she saw Damon standing over the sink. Damon quickly transformed into Conner. "Stop it!"

"Holly, what-"

Holly ignored him as she ran outside where she felt Klaus' arms around her waist. "You're safe now, love." He said as he took her away.


"What the hell are you doing Klaus?" Holly demanded as she pulled away from Klaus she frowned as she looked around the room that she was in, in Klaus 'mansion. It was very elegant.

"I have to apologize for the lack of windows." He said. "Is to preserve the art and to prevent you from taking off your ring and burning in the sun."

"I don't have any suicidal tendencies!" she snapped.

"But you will," Klaus said. "I did, the problem is that I'm immortal."

She cocked her head to the side. "You went through what I went through?"

Klaus nodded. "For 52 years, four months, and 9 days, it was the only period when I actually felt time. You should have listen to me love, when I told you to keep him alive. Oh, well." Klaus smirked. "At least we'll be in the same house."

"How did you make it stop?" she demanded.

"I didn't, eventually it went away," Klaus looked at her with almost pity. "Be careful, the hallucinations appear in strange forms."


"Clothes, toothbrush," one of the hybrids, Chris put down a bag on the bed. "Klaus says that you're going to be staying here a while."

Holly gritted her teeth as she hugged herself. "Just go away, please."

"I can't," Conner said as he appeared. "I'm going to be with you forever, I'm going to ruin your life, Holly."

Holly glared at him. "I'm not going to let you do this to me!"

Conner gave her a cynical smile. "You don't want to listen to me, fine." Conner turned to Katherine. "Then how about you and I have a little chat?"

Holly blinked. "Katherine?"

Katherine smirked at her. "Did you miss me?" she saw Holly's anguish face. "Poor, little Holly always the victim. What does Damon think of the new you? I bet a part of him is secretly pleased, he finally turned you into his own killing machine."

"Shut up!"

Katherine paused. "On second though he seems to go for the sweet, naïve types, maybe that's the reason why he fell for your sister, you're like me now, maybe worse. Well, at least you still have Klaus."

"Shut up!" she shouted as she tried to attack Katherine, but landed on the bed.


"You were such a good girl when you were a human," Katherine said as she sat down on the edge of the bed. "Such a clever little witch, all though after you became a vampire you became useless."

"You were the one that turned me into a vampire." She hissed. "This is all your fault! I know what you want and I'm not going to kill myself."

"Why not?" Katherine groaned. "You existence brings people nothing but pain, you're useless now. Maybe if you're dead Damon and Elena can finally be happy."

She heard the door open and Elena came in. "Hey," she said. "Holly, hey."

Holly turned around and saw Conner. "Stay away from me!" she hissed as she vamp flash out of the room as she pushed Elena against the wall.


Holly gulped as she walked down the dark street, her mind going crazy. She remembered becoming a vampire, feeding on people when she and Stefan had been with Klaus, killing innocent people. Conner and Katherine were walking right beside her.

"Are you ready to die yet?" Conner asked.

"You can never undo what you did, you ruined Elena's life." Katherine said.

Holly stopped walking and she realized that she was on Wickery Bridge. "It's ok, sweetie," Miranda was standing right beside her. "You know what you need to do."

"Mom?" Holly gasped. It was her mom. "Mom, I don't know what to do. I'm scared."

"Oh, honey you know exactly what to do." Miranda stared at her daylight ring. "The sun will be up soon, you know that this is the right thing, Holly. Admit it."

Holly nodded slowly as she took off her ring and threw it into the water... "Because I'm a monster and I deserve to die."


Holly could see the sun peeking slowly over the horizon. She gulped. "I can't do this, I can't leave Jeremy and Elena. They won't have anyone else."

"They'll have you," Miranda said. "You'll be a ghost who helps them, not someone that ruins their lives."

Holly's lip trembled. "You're right . . . I never wanted to hurt anyone . . . I didn't want to disappoint you."

"You didn't. But then you died and you were supposed to stay dead."

"Holly," Holly turned around and saw Damon with a concern look.

"How did you find me?" she asked him.

"I know you." Damon said simply.

"I'm a terrible person." Holly said quietly. "I do horrible things without thinking, I'm a monster."

Damon frowned at her. "Holly, it was one mistake, no reason for you to do anything stupid." He saw that the sun was about to come out. "Where's your ring Holly?"

"It's almost time." Conner whispered.

"Damn it," Damon said. "We need to get you inside, we know how to break it-"

"Don't let him stop you."

"Damn it, Holly!" Damon murmured as he saw the sun coming up, he grabbed Holly and tumbled her down inside the water.


Holly opened her eyes slowly, it took her a minute to realize that she was back in her room and that her daylight ring was back on her finger. She saw Damon sitting at the edge of her bed. "Damon?"

"I fished that out of the water for you," Damon explained. "How are you feeling? The curse should have been broken."

She nodded, "I feel fine, like it was all a bad dream. Thank you, if you hadn't been there-"

"I know I'm glad that I was," Damon said as he squeezed her hand.

"How did you break the curse?" Holly asked him.

Damon hesitated before he said it. "Fun fact, to get rid of the curse you need to kill a hybrid. We killed Chris."

Holly raised her glance. "What did you promise him in exchange for one of his precious hybrids?"

"A date." He said. "With you."

-End of Chapter Twenty Nine-