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Jeremy and Elena were painting Alaric's room thinking about him and the people they had lost in their house. It just wasn't fair. Stefan who had entered the house to check up on them didn't know what to say when he saw their depressed looks.

"Where is Claire?" He asked when he didn't see her. He would have thought that she would have been with them given the circumstances.

"We don't know." Jeremy replied. "I've been calling her since yesterday and my calls only go to her voicemail."

The doorbell rang and Stefan volunteered to go and see who it was. When he reached downstairs, he opened the door only to take a few steps back in shock when he saw Bonnie standing besides Damon who was holding Claire in his arms in bridal style. There was blood all over her white shirt and she wasn't breathing. When he turned his gaze over to Bonnie he saw her holding a small cloth pressed on her neck. She looked remorseful.

"We have a problem." Damon started as he glared at Bonnie.

"What's going on?" Everyone turned around to look at Jeremy who had spoken. "Oh my God! What happened?!"

He rushed over to the door when he saw her sister in Damon's arms. She appeared to be asleep.

"She's dead Jeremy." Damon said as he entered the house.

"Elena!" he shouted in anguish as Damon carried Claire over to the lounge room before placing her down on the couch.

Quick footsteps could be head as Elena rushed from her bedroom wondering what the noise was all about only to pause at the base of the stairs when he saw the occupants in the room kneeling on the floor with each hand placed on her sister. She sucked in a huge breath as her legs carried her towards the room.

"No,no,no…" She whispered. How did this happen.

Damon who was about to explain what happened jumped in surprise along with everyone when Claire gasped loudly and started coughing before adjusting herself to a sitting position.

"What's going on?" She asked a little confused at the audience that was gaping at her in shock.

"Bonnie killed you yesterday." Damon blurted out without thinking.

"What?!" Jeremy and Elena both shouted their eyes widening as they turned to stare at their friend.

"I didn't do it on purpose." Bonnie said looking a little frightened. "The witches made me… they sent me to feed Alaric my blood to complete his transition but Claire stood in the way and so they made me stab her with the stake."

"Then how am i alive?" Claire asked still not remembering yesterday's events.

"You must have died with vampire blood in your system." Stefan said.

"And you have to feed on my blood to complete the transition so you can live." DAmon supplied.

Claire blinked in shock and closed her eyes to try and remember what had happened yesterday. It took ten seconds but her memories began to come back.

"Maybe Bonnie can work her magic to…"

"I died with blood in my system Elena and i don't really think that Bonnie could find a work around that quick.."

"So you are just going to die?!" Jeremy demanded.

Claire turned to look at him and saw the fear on his face of losing yet another relative.

"No Jeremy… i will complete the transition…"

He blinked in surprise and nodded.

"You would choose to become a vampire and lose your magic?" Bonnie asked appalled by this decision.

"Who said anything about me losing my magic Bonnie?" Claire said her eyes squinting at the light that had become so sensitive as she rose up from the couch.

"You cannot be both witch and vampire….you should know this."

Claire ignored her and turned to face Damon. "Do you have a blood bag in your car?"

Damon blinked once and flashed out of the house only to return seconds later with single blood bag which he handed over to Claire.

"I should probably drink it outside since i will need an invitation to return inside."

"There might be another way." Stefan began to say as she headed towards the door.

Once Claire got outside, she sucked a little blood and grimaced at first at the metallic taste. She then felt a sharp pain as her canines sharpened as they elongated and also felt the veins from underneath her lashes as they moved telling her how thirsty she was. She didn't even think as she pressed the blood bag back to her mouth letting instinct take over as she began to suck the blood which now tasted sweet ravenously.

"I need more." She told Damon who was watching as he stood inside.

"I will take you to hunt in the fore…"

"I'm not feeding on herbivores Stefan." Claire interrupted.

"Well you can't feed on humans because it's wrong." Elena said making Claire turn to look at her.

"It's neither right nor wrong Elena, but simply the way to survive or else you risk having another ripper on your hands. What i need is to learn how to control myself."

Elena glared at that jibe aimed at her boyfriend but didn't respond.

"Come with me." Damon said as he exited the house whilst Claire followed only to hiss in pain when she felt the sun scotch her exposed arm and jump back onto the porch.

"She needs a daylight ring." Damon said as It seemed that everyone had forgotten about it .

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"How do i do this again?" Claire who now had a daylight ring asked Damon as she stood in the middle of the road staring at the car that was headed towards them a few miles away.

"Like we practiced." Damon replied. "You lie down in the middle of the road and pretend to be unconscious...the driver of the car will be forced to stop and exit his vehicle to come to your aid and then…"

"I snatch, eat and erase his or her memory.." Claire finished his statement eliciting a nod from him.

"What if i lose control Damon?

"I will stop you."

Claire sighed and did exactly what Damon said.

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The car pulled to a stop and a man in the mid twenties exited and rushed towards her before kneeling at her side. Just before he could press his head to her chest to try and detect a sign of her heartbeat, he found himself staring at the mesmerising green eyes he had never seen before in his life.

"Don't make a sound and stand up straight."

The man stood up to his feet his eyes widening in surprise and a little fear at how he had no control over his body.

The girl also stood up and was suddenly flanked by another name who just appeared out of nowhere.

"Just like we practiced." The male said to the female who gave a simple nod and headed towards the man only to stop in his private space.

"This is probably gonna hurt."

The man didn't understand what she meant but suddenly looked afraid when veins appeared underneath the girl's eyelashes whilst her eyes shifted their color from green to red. Her delicate hands felt like steel when they grabbed him by his shoulders and pulled him closer to to her face…

##

"You may go now and you will remember nothing." Claire compelled the man when she felt her thirst quenched a little. She still needed more blood but she new that if she continued to feed from him she could kill him.

"I will remember nothing." The man said robotically and headed back to his car and driving off.

"See, it's easy." Damon said.

"It is..but i still need more…"

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"What are you doing here Klaus?" Stefan who had opened the front door of the Gilbert house asked warily when he saw a smirking original standing on the porch

"I'm leaving town and i just needed to pick up a few road trip necessities." Klaus said. "Spare tire, flashlight and a doppelganger."

Stefan narrowed his eyes slightly before closing the door in his face.

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"I really don't understand how Stefan can survive on rabbit's blood, i mean seriously." Claire said after draining a sixth civilian and compelling him to leave.

"I don't know how long i have been asking myself that question." Damon replied as he pulled out his phone which had started to buzz from his jacket pocket.

"Hello."

Claire turned to look at him licking the left over blood on her lips.

"Alaric is holding Elena captive and has demanded for Klaus to come and meet him or else he would kill her to prevent him from siring anymore hybrids."

"What's?" Damon demanded. "Where is Klaus right now?"

"He's here with us at the Gilberts….look, Bonnie said her that her mother might know of a spell that can be used to dessicate Alaric but she just needs to find her. Can you meet her at the boarding house?"

"Sure." Damon replied before hanging up the phone and turning to Claire who had heard everything. "We should go."

Claire nodded once and they both blurred over to his car which was parked in the bush.