Taylor's POV

I woke up to the sound of my phone going off. My bed was even more crowded than usual with Ashley in it. This is why she usually sleeps in Jeremy's my bed. I fell out of bed trying to answer it, being the naturally clumsy person that I am. It was Good Friday and we had no school. That's the good thing about living in the south.

"Hello?" I answered sleepily.

"Taylor, turn it off." Ashley whined. I had to admit that was cute. I crawled out my door so they could get their precious beauty sleep.

"How did the slumber party go?" Stefan asked me.

"It wasn't much of a slumber party since Anna already shares my bed and Ashley seems to come over every other night." I pointed out. "I want to have a slumber party with you."

"How about this weekend?" Stefan suggested.

"Let's go to my family's lake house then." I suggested.

"Are you sure?" He questioned.

"Yes, with all this marriage and killer werewolf and sacrifice stuff, I just need a fucking break." I declared.

"Does this have anything to do with dodging you father?" Stefan asked. I really wish people would stop calling him that.

"He's also something that I want to get away from." I added.

Ashley's POV

Not long after Taylor's phone went off, mine did. Why was everyone calling so early? It was Caroline.

"What?" I answered.

"I need you to cover for me with Mom. I kind of spent the night at the boarding house." She declared as Anna noticed Anna putting a pillow in front of her face.

"I'm not at home." I told her. "I spent the night with Taylor and Anna. Why were you at the boarding house? Were you there with Damon or something?"

That thought revolted me.

"Yes, actually." She answered. "I can't stay away from him no matter how hard I try."

"Caroline he abused you." I pointed out.

"I know what he did, but that doesn't mean that he can't change." Caroline argued. "He apologized for it."

"Well I need to get going. I'm going to meet Bonnie at the Grill." I responded before I hung. I turned to Anna. "You wanna come?"

"No, I just wanna stay home today." The Asian vampire declared.

I decided to go through Anna's clothes because she would probably have something more fitting to my style. I found a nice black long-sleeved backless dress and headed to the Grill.

"So do you have some sort of spell you're planning?" I asked.

"We don't know what Elijah is up to." She stated.

"We have an idea." I pointed out.

"Well I'm going to ask Luca to tell me everything." Bonnie declared.

"I don't think that you can flirt it out of him." I told her.

"He'll tell me whether he likes it or not." The witch declared.

"I thought you hated the idea of compulsion." I reminded her. "Plus, this will make him really mad at you."

I don't think she was going to listen to me. I need to find Jeremy. He listens to me.

I went to the bathroom and on the way back, I collided with Tyler.

"Ashley, I need to talk to Anna." He told me.

"Well that's too bad because she doesn't want to talk to you." I declared as I tried to pick my stuff up off the ground. "I'm not her messenger and even if I was, she wouldn't want the message. So do both of us a favor and leave her the hell alone. Go back to your wolves."

Taylor's POV

I was with Stefan as we prepared to go to the lakehouse. I was a in a grey long-sleeved dress with red leaves on it. It was probably better suited for autumn than spring, but it was what I wanted to wear. It was cold like autumn.

"So are you ready to go?" He asked me.

"I'm totally ready." I answered. "I want out of here before John appears and pretends he's more than my obnoxious uncle."

We headed to the car when I got a text from Ashley wondering where I was.

"Is anything wrong?" Stefan inquired.

"Nope I was just texting. I'm a girl. I text." I told him as I told her I was going to be at the lakehouse.

After a trip of a few hours, we arrived at the house. It was the first time that I had ever ridden in his car…which is kind of sad. The house looked the same as I remembered it. It was the same log cabin that it had always been.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

"Yeah, I just haven't been here since my parents died." I explained. I noticed him frowning. He does that too much. "Don't even think about taking me anywhere else. We are staying here."

I walked into the house while Stefan was carrying the bags.

"I can't get in." He told me.

"Okay, then come in." I said nonchalantly. He looked at bit surprised by my total indifference about it. "You have my stuff and I even think about not inviting you, you could throw my bags in the lake."

"Why do you need two bags for a three-day trip?" He inquired.

"Do you really want to know the answer to that?" I countered with a sexy smile on my face as he entered the house. He put my bags down and then picked me up. "Careful, you might catch my clumsiness."

He shut me up with some kisses. I was glad the first thing that we were going to be doing was sexual. We haven't done that enough. He took me to a bedroom and we began to strip our clothes off. I could tell that this would be a magical weekend and I hoped this would be the first many times that we do this. I decided that I just wanted to be under the covers for a little while.

"You know I think you have a higher libido than I do." Stefan quipped.

"We haven't done it since before you were in the tomb." I reminded him.

Ashley's POV

I sat at a table with Jeremy while Bonnie literally went to work her magic.

"So are you going to help Bonnie with this?" He asked me.

"Well I don't think that I could convince her otherwise and it would probably be a good idea to find out what Elijah plans on doing even though I think the means that she plans to go to are a bit extreme." I answered as I stuffed a large burger into my mouth.

We looked over to them at the pool table. Luca drank some of the tranquilizer coffee and then fainted. That was our cue. I made sure to get a to-go box because I didn't want to waste any of my food and my baby apparently liked hamburgers.

Jeremy walked over and grabbed the male witch. I think that they like to be called warlocks, but I don't care. All witches will be called the same thing to me. It's simply easier to say and remember like postmen instead of post…people.

Taylor's POV

I went to look out at the lake wearing a blanket. I need to remember to take this blanket home with me. It was an Orioles one. It's too bad the Orioles haven't been good in a long time. Stefan came and wrapped his arms around me from behind.

"You know I broke my arm diving off that dock once." I replied. "My ability to injure myself isn't just restricted to Mystic Falls. My dad taught Jeremy and Elena how to fish. I wasn't ever interested in learning. Do you know how to fish because we will need some food?"

"Yes I can fish or we could just go to the Kroger." He told me.

"So do you think we can have a future? I know it's something that we need to talk about someday." I told him.

"We're on vacation. We're not going to talk about that right now." Stefan replied. "Right now just think about being at your second home with your boyfriend who loves you."

We decided not to get fish went to Kroger. Stefan was currently cooking the dinner and I had a glass of wine in my hand. I don't even like wine, but it was his idea.

"My dad did the cooking to. He was a master with both surgical and kitchen knives." I stated.

"What did you mom do?" He asked.

"She sat on the couch with a glass of wine in her hand." I replied. I looked to the fire and noticed it was burning out. "We need more wood for the fire. You know I kind of wish Bonnie was here so to keep it lit."

"I'll go get more wood." He volunteered.

"I can get it." I replied as I got up off of the couch.

"No, you'd probably trip over a branch and break your leg." He joked.

"Only I get to make fun of my lack of balance." I told him. "I'm getting a jacket."

I went to the closet to get a jacket and noticed some loose boards. Stefan removed them to reveal a door and behind that door was an arsenal of vampire-hunting gear. I couldn't believe. They had more weapons than Alaric.

Ashley's POV

Jeremy and I went to my house where Bonnie had taken. Luca.

"We don't have very long to do this. My mom will be home soon." I pointed out. "We need to be quick with it. Ask the questions and get him out of here."

"How are you gonna do this?" Jeremy inquired.

"I'll put him in a trance and then ask him some questions." Bonnie explained.

"Are you sure that you can do this?" Jeremy asked.

"That's why I have candles." Bonnie declared as she lit them with her magic. I wasn't going to get used to that. "I also need some water."

"Okay, I'll get some water." I replied as I went to the kitchen. I also wanted some potato chips. I hope that the crunching wouldn't interfere her ability to cast the spell. You know I'll just have some pickle chips.

I brought them back. Mom didn't like it when I stuck my hands into the pickle jar, but she wasn't home.

At that time, Bonnie began to cast the spell.

Taylor's POV

I noticed some books in the arsenal.

"These must be the other Jonathan journals." I stated. I think it sounded better than Gilbert journals. "You know it's very convenient that Jeremy found the exact one that Anna was looking for."

"I'm going to go get the firewood." Stefan announced as he left me to look over the closet. I can't believe that my parents had this stuff. I know Casey said that they were taught to hate them, but I didn't expect this. Speaking of Casey, I couldn't help but wonder if she was going to come back after she was done with med school.

Anna's POV

I walked downstairs. I was kind of lonely right now. I noticed Jenna was fighting with John after the woman was gone, I went over to him.

"You need to back off with telling her." I threatened.

"What are you going to do?" He challenged.

"I'll tell Sheriff Forbes how you killed my mother." I declared.

"Then I would tell her you're a vampire." John countered.

"Who do you think she's going to trust?" I asked. "Will it be one of her daughter's friends or the asshole who knocked her out and cuffed her to a desk? What exactly gives you the right to live in your brother's house? Did his will say that you can crash here whenever you want?"

"Actually yes." John declared.

"Okay, well I'm going to the Grill." I replied as I walked back out of the door so he wouldn't try anything. I wish I could kill him. I don't think anyone will mind.

Ashley's POV

Bonnie ended up putting Luca into a trance.

"Why are you and your dad working with Elijah?" She asked.

"We both want Klaus dead." Luca murmured. This was really creepy.

"Why do you want Klaus dead?" Bonnie then asked.

"He has her." Luca answered.

"Who?" I interrupted.

"My sister. He has my sister." Luca replied.

"Why does he have her?" Bonnie inquired.

"He's forced generations of witches into his service as he's searched for the doppelganger. He needs a witch to undo the curse."

"Where does Elijah fit into this?" Bonnie questioned.

"If we help Elijah kill Klaus, he's promised to get her back." Luca replied.

"How do you kill Klaus?" Bonnie asked. "How do you kill an Original?"

At this point, Luca seemed to be resisting, but Bonnie managed to regain control. I could now tell that this was extremely unethical.

"How do you kill Klaus?" Bonnie repeated.

"After the sacrifice, Klaus will be vulnerable." Luca explained.

"Hold up. After the sacrifice?" I asked in disbelief. So Elijah's plan was to let Taylor die. No, we couldn't let that happen. There has to be another way to kill Klaus.

"What do you mean after the sacrifice?" Bonnie questioned.

"Klaus will be vulnerable. Taylor has to die." Luca droned. Yeah, that definitely wasn't good. I don't think any of us were in approval of that. There has to be some other way to kill Klaus. There has to be.

Taylor's POV

It had been fifteen minutes and Stefan still hadn't come back with the wood. I was beginning to get cold. There was a definitely downside to be in the mountains. I went by the door to see if he was nearby with the wood.

"Are you growing the trees?" I called into the woods. Did he lose the axe? Did he need an axe? He probably needed an axe. I don't why, but I suddenly felt a really bad vibe. I think someone else was here. I grabbed a knife off of the counter as I went toward the door. I went outside and came across this creepy-looking guy with a buzz who looked kind of like this guy from this Canadian show that I once watched. I knew it. I knew Canadians are really evil…or at least this one. I really have nothing against Canadians. I stabbed him and locked the door.

I decided to run upstairs. I don't think that was something that would kill him. I ran to my parents' arsenal and loaded a gun with some wooden bullets. If he was a vampire, he wouldn't be able to get in, but if he wasn't the bullets should work. He kicked in the door and entered the house. I guess he's not a vampire.

"I can smell you." He declared. I couldn't help but wonder what I smelled like at the moment. Did I smell good? No, this isn't important. I went downstairs and took a shot at him. It hit him in the leg and I ran outside. He didn't seem fazed by it. As he came out, Stefan ripped his heart out. Thank God for that on this Good Friday. I then went over and gave him a hug. I don't think I could have done that. I then noticed that Tyler had walked out. What was he doing here? Is that why this crazy Canadian guy who I don't even know if he's really Canadian is here? Did Tyler bring him here in that RV in the driveway?

"I didn't know what they wanted with you." Tyler admitted remorsefully. "I just don't want to be like this anymore."

I went over and gave him a hug. It must suck to be a werewolf. I was glad that I didn't have to do it.

"I'm sorry, Taylor." He apologized. I don't think it was really necessary for him to when he didn't know what he was getting into. I wonder if they knew that they would have to sacrifice a werewolf as well. Would they be willing to let one werewolf die so the others wouldn't have to turn?

Anna's POV

I ended up going to the boarding house to see that Elijah was leaving. I went inside to see several dead werewolves on the floor. I thought we would be rid of them after last night.

"What happened here?" I asked only to find out that he was on the phone with Stefan. He looked at me basically telling me to get rid of the bodies. I already to clean up one of his messes. I sighed. I began to work. I guess burning them would be the simplest way to do this. I hate werewolves.

Taylor's POV

Stefan got off the phone and looked at me.

"What did he want?" I inquired.

"Bonnie learned that Elijah is planning for you to die in the sacrifice." Stefan told me.

"Oh my god." I remarked. "I should have listened to the deal that I made with him. He promised to keep my friends and family safe, but he never said anything about me."

"I knew that we shouldn't have trusted him." Stefan declared. I guess he was right.

"What are we going to do about it?" I asked. I don't know if we could kill Elijah and Klaus.

"I can't believe that you made this deal." He berated me. I looked at him, clearly sorry.

"I didn't know any other way to get you out of the tomb. I thought that he wanted to protect me." I declared with tears in my eyes. "I made a mistake, Stefan. I'm sorry."

He just walked away. Maybe I needed to give him some time.

Ashley's POV

Bonnie had taken Luca away, leaving me with Jeremy.

"So this was an interesting day." Jeremy commented.

"Yeah, so what are we going to do about Taylor?" I questioned. There had to be a way to save her. I can't believe I trusted Elijah.

"You know, I think I do want to get married." He announced. What?

So Taylor is not Elena. She doesn't want to die to protect her friends. She also may have an irrational hatred for Canadians (Which applies to Stephen Amell and Nina Dobrev). Also Jeremy may want to marry Ashley. That will be interesting. Please don't forget to review.