Taylor's POV
I sat in the cabin reading one of the Jonathan journals while Stefan was outside fishing or something. I was wearing a leather jacket with a black tee and cobalt jeans. This was apparently written after the church fire. I guess it was the sequel to the one that Jeremy had read. You know Jonathan was very vivid in the way that he described the deaths of his friends and himself. Also most people can't write about their own deaths, but most people don't have magic rings. I then read the part where he talked about the vampire that had killed him. It was Stefan. That was something that I didn't expect. I looked back outside. I actually don't think he was fishing. He was just angrily throwing stones. He apparently wasn't interested in my apology. I didn't know what else I could do.
I needed some advice. I took out my phone and called my go-to girl.
"I need your help with something." I stated.
"I need your help too." Ashley replied. "Your brother asked me to marry him for real."
"You mean for real for real?" I asked. I realized how stupid that sounded as soon as it left my mouth. "What did you say?"
"I didn't say anything." She responded. "I didn't know what to say. So what's your problem?"
"Well you've probably heard about the snafu that my deal with Elijah has generated." I remarked. "Basically Stefan is mad at me for making such a foolish deal and might even think that I want to die."
"You need to talk to him." Ashley suggested. "Though, you may also need to find some way to fix it."
"Well, I think that you should tell Jeremy that you want to get through having the baby before you get married." I suggested.
"When are you going to be back?" She asked curiously.
"We'll probably come back tonight because we have school in the morning." I declared. "I guess I'll see you then."
Ashley's POV
Taylor hung up the phone and I looked around the house. I knew that I needed to get dressed. It was Easter, but I don't think that we were going to church. I opened my closet and pulled out a simple white dress. I would need to get some new clothes soon because it was beginning to get difficult to fit some of dresses over my bump.
I really needed to decide what I wanted to do today. Did I want to hang out with Anna or Jeremy? You know Taylor, Anna, and I have basically formed our own trinity like Caroline had with Bonnie and Elena. The only difference was Anna wasn't Bonnie's sister…though they are both minorities. I think I'm going to hang out with Anna. I dialed the Gilbert house.
"Hello?" Jeremy answered. I guess I should have anticipated this when I called the home number rather than her cell number. I knew that I would have to talk to him.
"Hey." I greeted him. "So I've done some thinking and I really think that I want to wait until after the baby is born to figure what we want to do with marriage."
"I guess that's a good idea." Jeremy agreed.
"You know I was actually hoping to talk to Anna at the moment." I admitted. "I don't know why I didn't just call her cell. Is she there?"
"She's actually been trying to avoid Uncle John, so I don't know where she is. It's just me and him right now. Elena and Jenna are giving Elijah a tour of the town's property lines." He replied. "Maybe you should see if she's at the Grill. I was going to head there myself, so maybe we can go together."
"Yeah, I guess we can." I replied.
We went to the Grill. We didn't immediately find Anna, but we did find Bonnie and went over to her. At that moment, Luca walked over looking angry.
"Wanna tell me what happened yesterday?" He questioned.
"I don't know." Bonnie feigned.
"Don't play dumb. You were all here and…" Luca remarked.
"And?" I asked.
"That's all I remember!" He exclaimed. "One minute I'm playing pool and the next I'm waking up in a bathroom stall."
"Everything was normal yesterday." Bonnie replied. "I brought you a coffee and we played pool."
I then noticed Anna coming out of the bathroom. I decided to walk over to her and avoid the Luca drama.
Taylor's POV
I continued to read as Stefan came inside. I hoped that he wasn't still mad at me. We shared some looks before any words were spoken.
"Can we talk?" I asked.
"It depends on what you want to talk about." Stefan replied. I guess that he was still mad at me.
"How many times can I say that I'm sorry?" I asked. "I didn't know that this was going to happen. I never would have made the deal if I knew he wanted me to die. I made a mistake."
"A mistake is an understatement." Stefan replied. "What does Jonathan Gilbert have to say?"
"That you killed him." I replied bluntly. "You didn't tell me that."
"We were mad at the Founding Families for what they did to Ronnie." He explained. "We wanted vengeance. I don't know about his ring. I had no way of knowing that he would come back."
"He made it sound like you were a monster." I told him.
"I was." Stefan admitted as he took a seat in front of me. "I'm willing to divulge my past to you, but it will be best if you hear it from me. When I first became a vampire, I loved it."
He then proceeded to tell me about a very dark episode from his past. It sounded like a scene out of one of Ashley's favorite movies. Apparently in the past, Damon was more like Stefan and Stefan was more like Damon. I can't help but wonder how the roles got reversed, except Stefan sounded kind of needy.
"It sounds like you were Damon." I commented.
"Believe me. I was worse." He stated.
Anna's POV
I noticed Ashley was walking over to me. I hoped that my werewolf problems were finally behind me.
"So are you okay with everything that happened?" She asked me. "I heard that Tyler left town."
"I'd prefer to not have to see another werewolf for at least five years." I told her.
"I thought you'd say the rest of your life." She remarked as we both went towards my table. I bet she was hungry.
"I'm immortal. To not see another werewolf ever again is unrealistic." I pointed out. "So that dress doesn't look like it fits that well."
"I know that I've gained weight and need to do some shopping." Ashley replied in annoyance. "If you want, we can do that right now."
No POV
Damon walked into the tomb with a bottle of blood. Ronnie was basically unconscious due to the lack of blood. He held it up to her mouth and she hungrily gulped it.
"I brought you some clothes. If they're not your taste, that's your problem." He declared. "You know you look a lot better."
"What do you want?" She asked in irritation.
"I wanted to tell you that your friend John is back in town." Damon stated. "It turns out that he knows about Klaus and he told me there's a way to kill an Original."
"Do you wanna know if it's true?" Ronnie asked. "Why should I tell?"
"Why are you so grumpy?" Damon questioned. "Don't you want us to kill Elijah and Klaus?"
"Klaus yes, but definitely not Elijah." She declared. "I have to wait for him to release me from here which he can't do if he's dead."
"That sounds unfortunate." Damon remarked as she began to get changed. She scowled at the fact that he had bought her dresses.
"It's not like you could even kill him in the first place." She added.
"What if I had a special dagger and some white ash?" He inquired.
"Damon if you kill Elijah, I'm stuck in here." She repeated.
"That solves two problems." He noted.
"You should get me out and then I'll help you." The doppelganger bargained. "I'll kill Elijah, I'll protect Taylor. I'll do anything if you just get me out of here."
"If I get you out, you're on the first plane to Tokyo." Damon replied.
"No, I'll stay and help. I promise." She told him.
"So, now I want to thank you. You've told me everything I need to know." He remarked before he left the tomb. "I'm gonna kill Elijah tonight."
Taylor's POV
"I was spiraling for weeks." Stefan continued. I was now looking out the window, partially wondering what the dinner plan was. I was listening, but I was also hungry. "I wanted to hunt, prey, and kill."
He handed me a cup of coffee or tea. It had caffeine in it.
"How did you keep it a secret?" I asked.
"The war was still happening." He answered. Yeah, I guess that would make things easier. He then told me about how he noticed a woman and chased after her. The woman turned out to be Lexi. "Her name was Alexia Branson."
"So you met your best friend by trying to kill her?" I questioned in surprise. "Why was she in Mystic Falls?"
"She heard it was a good place for vampires, but hadn't got word of the massacre." He explained. "She was looking for a place for the night and I offered to let her stay."
I guess it was then that Lexi began her training of Stefan.
"Are you gonna be okay?" I asked him.
"Talking about her makes me miss her." He stated.
"I know how you feel." I responded.
Ashley's POV
Anna took me to the mall so we could get some clothes that would fit me better.
"What do you think of this?" I asked as I pulled out a light pink dress.
"It looks like a nightgown." The vampire remarked. "I think it's also see-through and most people aren't interested in seeing that."
"Well what do you suggest?" I inquired. "It's not like we can just go to the maternity section at Hot Topic."
"They should probably start selling clothes for pregnant girls." Anna opined. Whether they should or not wasn't something helpful. "I know you like skimpy things, but skimpy and pregnant don't really go together."
"What do you think Jeremy and I should name our baby?" I asked.
"I would like it if you named her after my mom, but it's not my decision." She declared. "I also think that you should prepare some male names just in case you do end up having one."
"Pearl sounds a bit old-fashioned." I commented before Anna's phone went off. "What does it say?"
"Jenna's having dinner at the boarding house." Anna answered. "Do you wanna call Jeremy and we can have dinner together?"
I decided to call Jeremy and heard that he was helping Bonnie practice some of her spells.
"Why are you doing that?" I asked.
"I figured that you'd be with Anna for a while so I volunteered to help." He explained. "Don't worry. I'm just being friendly. If you two want to come over we can maybe get some pizza."
"No, that's okay." I responded. "I love you."
"I love you too." He replied before I hung up.
"So do you want to call Caroline?" Anna asked.
"She's probably with Damon, so I guess it's just going to be the two of us." I told her.
Taylor's POV
That night, I was still reading the journals. Stefan came inside after a walk. I still wasn't sure what we having for dinner. I hoped we figured something out soon.
"Jonathan's mind seemed to dwindle as the years went on." I noted. "I think he either had Alzheimer's, or the vampires drove him crazy. Oh my God he researched the Originals. That's incredibly convenient."
"Are you serious?" Stefan asked as he took a seat next to me.
"Yes, it's right here." I said, showing it to him. "There's so much here. The wood from a single tree can kill an Original. When the tree burned, all hope was lost, but we discovered the ash could be used in combination with a silver dagger to neutralize them. Do you think this dagger exists?"
"I know it exists because John gave it Damon." Stefan explained. That was not good. That was really not good.
"So John wants Damon to use it?" I asked. "It must be brandished by humans alone because it will bring death to all demons who wield it."
"John wants to get Damon killed." He summarized. I guess that wasn't that surprising.
He tried calling Damon but to no avail.
"Why is your phone off? I need to talk to you." He declared.
"Was Damon going to kill Elijah?" I asked.
"Yes." He answered simply. "And I can't get reach him to tell him that it will kill him."
"Let me try Alaric." I stated as I began to call my stepfather.
"Hello?" He answered.
"You need to tell Damon that he can't use the dagger on Elijah or he'll die. Only humans can use it."
"Okay, I'll tell him." He promised.
"One more thing…is Caroline there?" I asked.
"Do you want to talk to her?" He inquired.
"No, I just to know if she's there." I responded.
"Yes." He answered before hanging up. That was rude, but I guess saving Damon's life was more important than talking to me."
I went outside on the balcony. I was kind of upset about how everyone had gone behind my back once again.
"Stefan, I know I made a bad decision, but that doesn't mean that you have the right to leave me out of this stuff." I replied. "Maybe I could have structured a new deal that would allow me to live. Besides we only have one dagger and I think would have been better off using it on Klaus. Don't go behind my back, Stefan. I thought that you were someone that I could trust to tell me things. That was the deal that we made. You're supposed to tell me things. The main reason that I made the deal was to get you out of the tomb."
"Well what was your plan?" He challenged. "Were you just going to let him sacrifice you?"
"Maybe I wanted you to turn me." I suggested. 'I don't mean before, but maybe you could give me your blood before the sacrifice and when Klaus kills me, I'll come back as a vampire."
"We need to find a way to stop the sacrifice so you can still be human." He told me. "I want you to have a complete choice to become a vampire and not because you have to. It should be completely up to you."
He then told me how Lexi tried to get him to feel some things.
Ashley's POV
After dinner, we decided to see a movie together. I was kind of jealous that Jeremy was with Bonnie because even though I completely trusted him, I wanted to do these kinds of things with him.
Taylor's POV
I began to read the journal again to see if Jonathan had anything to say about Klaus specifically. I didn't appear like he actually met any of the Originals. That wasn't very useful. I guess dead great grandpas can't be used for everything in the world. The only thing that I could find was if a part that said if an Original is killed any compulsions would disappear.
Stefan came back down a little after I did. He had gotten a call from Damon.
"Well Elijah's dead and Alaric did it." He stated. That meant that Veronica must have gotten out of the tomb.
"I found some more about the dagger." I stated. "Originals believed in honor and forbid vampires from killing vampires so the dagger was made to do it. As long as the dagger stays inside the body, the Original would be incapacitated."
"As long as it stays in?" He asked. Stefan got up to call his brother. Maybe I should have mentioned that part. That led to the information that no, they hadn't left it in him.
"Tell Damon to come here." I ordered.
Damon came by pretty quickly with the dagger.
"You can come in." I invited. "I have a feeling that Elijah will be here shortly.
Anna's POV
After I took Ashley home, I went home myself, hoping that John wasn't there. I found Bonnie crying on the floor. Jeremy was holding her.
"What happened?" I asked.
"Jonas was here and he did something to her." Jeremy explained.
"He took my powers away." The witch responded. Yeah, that wasn't good.
Taylor's POV
"He's here." Stefan said. I went to the door and opened it. I wasn't going to step outside because I wasn't that stupid.
"Let me talk to him alone." I said as I dagger on the end table near the door. "He can't come in."
"But I can knock it down." Elijah remarked. "Or I could wait you out. You'll have to leave eventually."
I slowly walked to the door seeing the unhappy expression on his face.
"They shouldn't have attacked you." I stated. "I wonder if I can apologize."
"The deal is off." He told me.
"How about you just come in and take me?" I suggested. "You're free to do it."
Elijah entered the house and that was when I stabbed him with the dagger. I watched him as he began to turn grey like any other vampire does when they are killed.
"We need to make sure that dagger stays in." Damon commented.
We took him back to the boarding house and put him in the cellar. The only problem is now we had no way to kill Klaus.
"So I hope you guys learned a lesson about doing things without me." I declared. Damon reached into Elena's coat pocket and pulled out the moonstone. "You guys need to be more focused on killing Klaus than saving me and stopping the ritual. I don't want to see you try to dispel that again."
"Okay." Stefan agreed.
"I want him to say it too." I added.
"Fine, we'll do it your way." Damon agreed.
No POV
Late at night, Damon heard the sound of the shower running. He was not sure who it could be.
"Caroline, are you still here?" He asked in confusion as he entered the bathroom.
The curtain opened and he was treated to the nude form of Veronica.
"Ronnie." He stated.
"Original's compulsions wear off when they die." She said. "I knew begging you not to would give you more incentive."
"Why are you here?" Damon questioned.
"Because I told you I would be." She said. "I'm going to help Damon."
To be continued...
Okay, so I realized that is a weird place to stop, but I decided I wanted to break it here. The next story will be out soon and will probably go to the end of Season 3.