AN: Okay, so I apologize for making Elena a damsel in distress here, but it's been like this since I outlined this story like months ago

She changes, and knocks on Elijah's door to see if he's there. No answer-so she carefully opens the door. The room is empty. She texts him that she'll meet him in the library in a few minutes. She's walking down the stairs, holding onto the railing since she's wearing socks. She sees Finn and Kol talking and Klaus appears as she takes her first step onto the floor. They're all wearing shoes, she notices, until she feels her hip crash into a table, and she hears the breaking of a vase..

"Oh fuck." She hears Kol say, and her vision starts to fade in and out.

"Elena." It's a familiar voice and it mentions blood. Well, vampire blood is the only thing that can save her at this point, so her lips close around a wrist and she tries to pull back. The blood tastes like dirt with a hint of rust.

"It's not working." She hears the voice say and there's something pressed against her mouth, another wrist. Warmer. She blinks hazily as Kol and Klaus swear and someone, Elijah is touching her hair and she wonders distantly if there's blood in it. The new blood tastes like copper, like warm liquid pennies and when there isn't any more, she blinks, and her vision goes black.