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Damon gently stroked Dia's hair as the two of them laid in his bed. Her head was resting on his chest, her eyes fluttering between open and shut. Damon suddenly sighed loudly causing Dia to look at him confused.
"What?" she asked.
"Shh" he smiled.
"Huh" Dia frowned.
Damon rolled his eyes. "Just be quiet!"
"I will if you tell me why I'm supposed to be quiet" Dia smirked.
"I'm listening to your heartbeat" Damon sighed.
"Why?" Dia asked.
"I don't know. I just like listening to it" Damon looked at her. "It makes me think of when I was human and strangely listening to it makes me feel human."
"Are you saying being with me makes you feel human" Dia said.
Damon didn't responded for a few moments before he finally spoke.
"Yes" he smiled down at her. Dia leaned closer to him and gently kissed his lips.
"I love you" she whispered against his lips.
"Love you too" Damon said softly. Dia rested her head back on his chest.
"Wouldn't it be nice to stay here all day?" Dia spoke.
"Quiet" Damon said.
"Listening to my heartbeat again?" Dia smirked.
"No I'm listening to the conversation downstairs" Damon replied. "They're talking about the sacrifice. Let's go." Damon sat up took Dia's hand and pulled her off the bed.
"Tonight is the full moon. We should assume that Klaus is prepared to break the curse" Elijah said to Stefan and Elena.
"Elena said that the Sun and the Moon curse is fake? That it's actually just a curse placed on Klaus" Stefan spoke.
" Klaus is a vampire born of a werewolf bloodline. The curse has kept his werewolf aspect from manifesting. But if he breaks it... He'll be a true hybrid" Elijah said as Damon and Dia walked into the room.
"Then why are we letting him break the curse? We can kill him today. With Bonnie" Damon frowned.
"Damon…" Stefan groaned.
"Don't start this please" Dia sighed.
"No. Bonnie can't use that much power without dying" Elena protested.
"I'll write her a great eulogy" Damon smirked.
"Stop that" Dia snapped.
"It's not an option, Damon" Elena said.
" All right, how do we break this curse?" Stefan asked.
"Well, the ritual itself is relatively straightforward. The ingredients, so to speak, you already know" Elijah said.
"The moonstone" Stefan answered.
"A witch will channel the power of the full moon to release the spell that's bound within the stone. After that, Klaus, being both werewolf and vampire, will sacrifice one of each" Elijah explained.
"And where do Dia and I fit into it?" Elena asked.
"The final part of the ritual" Elijah replied. He walked over and took a wooden box down from one of the selves.
"Klaus must first drink the blood gypsy for protection and then the blood of the doppelganger... To the point of your death" Elijah replied.
Damon put his arm around Dia and looked at her then Elena. Stefan grabbed Elena's hand and she looked at him. Elijah opened the box and took out a large glass jar from it.
"And that's where you come in" Elena said.
"This is an elixir that I acquired some 500 years ago for Katerina. It possesses mystical properties of resuscitation" Elijah explained.
"So we'll be dead?" Elena frowned.
"We'll you'll be" Elijah began. "And then you won't. Dia I suggest you have this just in case Klaus tries anything."
"That's your plan? A magical witch potion with no expiration date?" Damon looked at Elena. "You want to come back to life, what about John's ring?"
"Those rings only work on humans. The doppelganger and the gypsy are a supernatural occurrence. Odds are, the ring won't work" Elijah told him.
"I'll take those odds over your elixir. What if it doesn't work" Damon looked at Elena and Dia.
"Then I guess we'll be dead" Elena said.
Damon looked at Dia. She only looked back at him not saying anything. Damon looked over at Stefan who only shrugged. Damon looked over at Elijah angrily and left the room.
"Damon" Dia called out. She shook her head just letting him go. She looked at Elijah who smiled slightly at her.
"Do we know if Klaus has everything he needs to do this? Does he have a werewolf" Elena asked.
"And does he have a vampire?" Dia asked. "Please don't tell me he's planning on using Caroline."
"Klaus has been waiting to break this curse for over a thousand years. If he doesn't already have a werewolf and vampire, my guess is by tonight, he will" Elijah replied.
Damon stood outside drinking his scotch. His mind still replaying over everything he learned. He didn't want to risk Elena's safety and especially Dia's. He still didn't trust Elijah. Stefan appeared beside him.
"Breakfast of champions, huh?" Stefan smirked.
" I'm surrounded by idiots. I need all the help I can get" Damon huffed,
"You know, you're not helping" Stefan looked at him.
"Elijah is an original vampire, Stefan. One we tried to kill. You're going to believe this guy?" Damon frowned.
"What do you want me to do, Damon? Elena and Dia made their decision. They're choosing to trust Elijah. I'm going to put my faith in them" Stefan replied.
"Why? They're going to end up dead" Damon snapped.
"Because she put their faith in me. They chose to trust me in spite of what I am. If I'm going to bet on somebody's instincts, it's going to be theirs" Stefan replied.
"Well, then, that makes you the biggest idiot of them all" Damon sneered.
"They chose to trust you too, especially Dia" Stefan said. "If anything trust Dia. The girl I know you truly love"
"Then maybe you shouldn't be so sure about her instincts" Damon looked at him. He dumped the rest of his scotch in the bushes and walkd back into the house.
"You'd think he'd understand why I'm willing to do this" Elena said to Dia and Elijah.
"As much as I love Damon, it's his way or no way" Dia said. "He doesn't understand why we need to do this."
"Why are you?" Elijah asked.
"We're the key to breaking the curse. Klaus is here because of us. If we don't stop him, then he's going to hurt people. It's that simple" Elena told him.
"I agree 100 percent" Dia nodded.
"You know, there's a possibility this elixir won't work. I don't want to mislead you" Elijah looked at them both.
"I know the chance I'm taking" Elena said.
"I'm willing to risk it" Dia replied.
Commotion was suddenly heard in the other room. Elena frowned as the group heard Jenna and Alaric. Elena's eyes widen as she rushed out of the room with Dia and Elijah close behind.
Jenna held a crossbow in front of Alaric. He had his hands up trying to calm her down.
"Jenna, put the cross-bow down, ok? It's me" Alaric tried to explain.
"Stay away from me" Jenna snapped as Elena, Dia, Stefan, Damon and Elijah arrived in the room.
"What's going on?" Elena asked.
"It's me, Elena, I swear, ok? He let me go. Klaus let me go" Alaric looked everyone.
"Prove it" Damon said.
Alaric looked at Jenna. "Ok, uh, first night you and I spent together, Jeremy walked in right when I was about to..."
"It's him" Jenna said before he could say anything further. She put down the crossbow.
"Why did he let you go?" Stefan asked.
"He wanted me to deliver a message. The sacrifice happens tonight" Alaric said.
Alaric, Jenna, Elena, Stefan, and Dia sat in the living room as Alaric explained his ordeal with Klaus possessing him.
"So you don't remember anything that happened?" Stefan asked.
"No. It's like I blacked out and woke up 3 days later. Katherine was there" Alaric replied.
"Is she alright?" Dia asked causing the group to frown.
"She's under compulsion" Stefan explained. "Damon snuck her some vervain, but she can't leave until Klaus tells her she can."
"Where is Damon" Elena asked at the mention of his name.
"I saw him go upstairs" Jenna told her.
"Dia do you mind?" Elena asked.
"No, he's been listening to me nonstop telling him everything will work out" Dia replied. "Maybe he needs to hear it from someone else." Elena nodded and disappeared from the living room.
"So what else did I do?" Alaric asked.
Elena walked into Damon's bedroom finding him just staring outside his window.
"You disappeared" Elena spoke.
"I don't want to hear anymore" Damon turned around.
"I need you to understand why we're doing this" Elena told him.
" Why? It clearly doesn't matter what I think" Damon snapped.
"Dia and I will be fine, Damon. We'll drink the elixir, Bonnie will kill Klaus and then all of this will finally be over" Elena told him.
"If it works" he glared.
"It will work" Elena snapped.
"You think it will work. You want it to work. Why am I the only one who's convinced it won't? There has to be another way" Damon exclaimed.
"There isn't" Elena said softly.
"And you're going to die, Elena" Damon said. "With the possibility of Dia dying as well."
"And then we'll come back to life" Elena shot back.
"That is not a risk I'm willing to take" Damon said sternly.
"But I am" Elena said taking his hands. "It's my life, Damon. My choice. Dia feels the same way. You have to let us do this" Elena pleaded.
"I can't lose you both" Damon whispered.
"You won't" Elena said. She began to walk toward the door when Damon rushed in front of her.
"There is another way" Damon looked at her.
"What are you.." Elena began. Damon suddenly bit his wrist.
"Damon no!" Elena protested. He shoved his wrist into her mouth forcing her to drink his blood. Stefan and Dia who heard the commotion arrived. Damon pushed Damon away from Elena causing her to fall to the ground. Blood dripped from her mouth.
"What did you do? Huh? What did you do?" Stefan yelled. He walked over towards Elena and looked at Dia who was staring wide-eyed at Damon.
"I saved her life" Damon looked at Elena. "You're so bent on dying, at least this way I know you'll come back." Damon then looked over a Dia. Damon saw her eyes were glassy as if she was about to cry.
"As a vampire! She'll come back a vampire" Stefan screamed.
"It's better than nothing else" Damon said.
"How could you, of all people, take that choice away from her?" Stefan demanded.
Damon looked over at Elena. "Go ahead; wish me an eternity of misery. Believe me, you'll get over it."
Stefan rushed over to Damon and punched him.
"Stefan" Elena exclaimed.
Damon grabbed a wooden stake from the table and pushed Stefan up against a wall.
"Admit it. You just wish you had the balls to do it yourself" Damon sneered. Stefan looked at him angrily then punched him several times causing him to fall to the ground. Damon took the stake and then shoved it through Stefan's abdomen. Elena rushed over to Stefan's side and angrily pushed Damon away looking at him.
"Get out of here!" she demanded.
Alaric and Jenna appeared in the doorway beside Dia, who now had silent tears running down her cheeks.
"What the hell's going on?" Alaric asked.
"Just get him out of here" Elena told him.
Alaric walked toward Damon. Damon pushed him, got up off the floor, and walked passed Dia without saying a word.
"Oh my god" Jenna said seeing all the blood.
"Ok, Jenna, downstairs are some blood bags. Go get them now. Go!" Alaric exclaimed.
Jenna nodded and quickly ran off. Elena removed the stake from Stefan's stomach. He then put his head on her lap.
"It's ok. It's ok. You're going to be ok" Elena whispered.
"I'm so sorry" Stefan said.
"Shh. It's ok" Elena replied.
"I'm sorry" Stefan said. He looked over at Dia.
"Dia I'm so sorry" Elena looked at her. "He just…"
"No it's not that" Dia replied shakily.
"Dia what is it?" Stefan asked.
"Damon gave me his blood last night and this morning"
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