Alex's P.O.V

~At Mikaelson Manor~

"WHERE IS HE?!" I screamed as I slammed the door behind me. I stomped through the mansion until I saw Klaus in the living room.

"Changed your mind, love?" He asked, and I sped him against the wall, with my eyes glowing gold.

"Where's my brother?" I growled at him, and he chuckled.

"I'll bring you to him as soon as Bonnie finishes her spell," Klaus said, and I glanced over my shoulder to see Bonnie chanting over a table. I let go of Klaus and walked over to her, as I watched a big pool of blood separated into six tinier pools on the table. Bonnie stopped chanting and looked at me.

"There's another link here," She pointed to two of the circle, that was a bit closer to each other than the other ones were. "Between you and Klaus." She looked between us and I looked at him as well before looking down. "It's growing stronger, and at its current stage I could break it if you wanted me to?" Bonnie asked me, and I looked at her. I gave her a small smile before shaking my head.

"It's fine," I told her and heard a groan coming from the hallway.

I sped towards the noise and saw Rebekah walked out of a room wiping some blood off her hands. Then I looked behind her, and I gasped when I saw Damon. He was hanging in the middle of the room with cuts and stab wounds all over his chest. My older brother seemed to be passed out from the pain. I looked up at his wrists to see each one begin connected by a bear trap that was attached to the ceiling. I lightly touched a wound on his chest which woke him up.

"Damon?" I asked, and he groaned.

"What are you doing?" Rebekah asked me, and I turned around. Bonnie was gone, and Klaus was standing a few feet behind Rebekah. My eyes went from blue to gold as she walked closer to me.

"You psychotic bitch!" I yelled at her as I sped towards her and pinned her to the wall. I held Rebekah by her throat, and she grabbed a nearby piece of wood, then stabbed me in the stomach pushing me off of her.

The wooden piece went straight through me, and I fell to the floor with a groan. In all fairness, it wasn't my best plan. "Rebekah!" I heard Klaus groan as he walked over to me. He bent down and pulled the wood out of my stomach. Someone walked into the room, and I turned my head to see Stefan standing there. He looked between Damon and me.

"This was much different in my head," Damon said, and the original hybrid stood up and looked at my brother confused.

"Oh good, a hero. What do you want?" Klaus asked him as I stood up. Stefan threw the duffle bag he was carrying in front of Klaus. I moved towards Damon again to free him, but Rebekah pinned me to the wall by my throat. Add that to the list of not good plans as well.

"I'm here to make a deal," Stefan answered.

"Stefan, what are you doing?" Damon asked him.

"Eight stakes made of white oak," He explained to Klaus, "The part of Wickery Bridge that you forgot to burn." Klaus looked at his little sister, and Rebekah looked back at Klaus without letting go of my throat. Since when did you guys make stakes to kill an Original?

"That's impossible," Rebekah stated.

"Actually it's not," Stefan told her and looked back at Klaus. "Finn is dead." Rebekah let go of my throat in shock. I could see her shaking with rage and pain.

"You killed my brother?" Rebekah asked him, and Stefan looked back at Klaus.

"Damon and Alex in exchanged for the last eight weapons that can kill you," Stefan offered.

"And how do I know there aren't any more left?" Klaus asked him.

"Because there aren't," Stefan told him. Like that will convince him.

"Let's be certain, shall we?" Klaus asked him and made his way towards Damon. At the same time, I made my way towards him, but Rebekah grabbed my arms and restrained me. God, I wanted to kill this bitch. "Leave," Klaus commanded.

"No," Damon responded.

"Go on. Leave," Klaus encouraged again.

"Nik, he's my plaything, not yours." Rebekah's grip got tighter on me as I fought against her. "I'm holding yours for you," She said, mainly to me and I gave her a look.

Klaus grabbed Damon's throat and compelled him, "I said, go home." Damon then started to pull his wrists out from the snares, peeling the flesh off of it in the process. He screamed in pain. I fought harder against Rebekah's hold on me. I couldn't bear hearing Damon in pain.

"Stop!" I yelled at Klaus, and he looked at me amused. "Just stop," I begged, and I hated asking for things, but if it got Damon free, I would beg for the rest of eternity. Klaus and I locked eyesight, and then he looked at Damon.

"Alright, stop, stop, stop, before you hurt yourself." Damon fell limp immediately after Klaus chuckled that and I looked down. "Well, seeing that he can finally be compelled. Now," He grabbed Damon by the throat again and compelled him again. "Minus the stake that's in my brother, how many more stakes are out there that can kill me?" Klaus asked.

"Eleven," Damon replied.

"Eleven! Really? So, not eight then," Klaus said while looking at Stefan, and I felt Rebekah hold me to her chest by my throat.

"You really shouldn't have lied," Rebekah said. "Wouldn't it just be a shame if I ripped your big sister's head off right now?"

"I'll get you the other three," Stefan said them.

"Yeah, that'll be nice," Klaus said. "Or since you lied, maybe I'll just compel your brother to chew out his own tongue."

"What is wrong with you?" Stefan asked.

"What is wrong with you?!" Klaus yelled at him. "Do you really have no appreciation for me?" The original began to pace in front of Damon. "I have given you someone to hate, to loathe, a target for all of your anger; so you don't have to turn it on yourself. I have given your life purpose, as your friend." Klaus laughed. "You should be thanking me."

Stefan sped Klaus to the wall as he yelled, "Enough!" He was holding a white oak stake above Klaus's chest, but Klaus' hand was holding his wrist back.

"Step down, or both of you die," Klaus said and took the stake out of Stefan's hand. Stefan backed up a step as I heard Rebekah sigh before she let go of me.

"This is ridiculous," She said and walked over to Damon. She opened up one of the bear-traps around his wrists and then the other one. I watched her as Klaus walked over to us.

"What are you doing?" He asked.

"I brought him here; I get to release him. My rules now," Rebekah said to Klaus, then looked at us. "Bring us the stakes, and you all live." Rebekah looked between Damon and me. "Take your older brother as a sign of good faith." She then walked out of the room, with the duffle bag, and Klaus came closer to me. But I kept my eyes on Damon, watching as he came back to his senses.

"See you around, my love," Klaus whispered to me before addressing Stefan standing behind him. I watched as a look of confusion washed over Damon's face. "Bring us the stakes. All of them. Or I will wage war against everyone you love. I hope I'm clear," Klaus said and left the room.

~At the Boarding House~

I walked into Damon's room with a blood bag in my hand. Caroline had filled me in that if one original die, the entire bloodline dies within one hour of their original sire. It was proven when Stefan and company killed Finn, then Sage came to our house to kill them and died an hour later. "Here," I said as I walked over to Damon, who was sitting on the edge of his bed, and he took the blood bag. He had changed clothes but was still weak. "How are you feeling?" I asked him.

"Better now," Damon replied as he finished the blood bag. He stood up and was about to tell me something, but Stefan walked into the room and cut him off.

"Hey, Damon, I need you to go to Alaric's and get his stake from him," Stefan said, and Damon nodded before our little brother left the room.

I looked back at Damon and the look he gave me terrified me. I've only seen that look when he doesn't approve of someone I was dating before he kills them. I don't have a boyfriend right now though and the only person I've kissed recently was Klaus, which means Damon knows something. But how would Damon know about Klaus? I didn't tell anyone, but Sage, and I doubt she had time to tell Damon or Stefan before she died because she was with Finn.

"What did Klaus mean?" Damon asked.

"What?" I asked him confused.

"When he called you his love." I froze up when he asked that question, but tried to play it cool.

"He's just a possessive asshole. Don't worry brother; I have no feeling for him whatsoever." I lied, and Damon crossed his arms.

"So there's nothing between you two at all?" Damon asked, and I could tell he didn't believe me. But I couldn't tell them I kissed Klaus, though my hesitation gave me away. "So you do like him?"

"No, Damon-"

"Don't lie to me, Alexandria," Damon growled as he towered over me. "How could you go and fall in love with the fucking devil?!"

"I'm not in love with him," I answered calmly.

"Alex, I've seen you with him," Damon let out frustrated. "You might not think there isn't anything there, but there is. I mean when Mikael stabbed you, you were angrier at Klaus than you were with me." I looked down at my feet as he continued to speak. "Which makes no sense. You knew Klaus wouldn't care about you! You knew he would kill anyone to get what he wants including you!" I got slightly annoyed and looked up at Damon again.

"Yeah, and last I checked what he wanted was me!" I hissed at him.

"So you do want to be with him?!" Damon yelled.

"YES!" I screamed, but not because I wanted to say it - it just came out. Damon looked at me with a glare. One of disappointment, anger, and betrayal. I stammered, "No-no Damon I-"

"No, I get it, Alex." Damon composed as he crossed his arms. "Personal happiness over family right?" He asked me, and now it was my turn to feel betrayed.

"Personal happiness over-" I couldn't even finish that question because I couldn't believe he just asked me that. "I'm the only one who's been working their fucking ass off to keep our family together! What with you and Stefan begin enemies with each other and falling for the same girl again! Sorry that I wanted to be happy for once!" I screamed at him. Damons' expression didn't change; he still felt like I was in the wrong.

"Fine. Then be with Klaus! I'm not standing in the way," He screamed at me, and I huffed.

"Fine!" I barked and turned to walk out of his room.

"Good!" He yelled back.

"Fantastic!" I screamed and slammed his bedroom door behind me before speeding to my room. I grabbed a duffle bag and packed with some clothes in it, then stomped downstairs. I saw Elena and Stefan standing there looking at us confused.

"What happened?" Stefan asked carefully, seeing that I was beyond pissed. I don't think there was a word for how much anger I felt at this very moment.

"Ask Damon," I snarled and sped away.

As I sped away, everything hit me. Nothing would ever be the same between my brothers and me. I think Damon just disowned me as his sister and the second Stefan finds out, I know he'll hate me. I mean he almost killed me to get rid of Klaus.

I knocked on the door, and it opened up. I didn't even want to be here. I had houses all over the world to stay in, but I didn't want to be alone, and he was the first person I thought of. He looked at me confused. I looked at him slightly scared and in tears. What if he didn't let me stay? What if he just said to find somewhere else? He glanced at the duffle back in my hand, and his face looked sympathetic. But I didn't want his sympathy; I just wanted a place to stay.

"Um," I ran my hand through my hair while looking down, "Can I stay here for a while?" I asked him as I looked up at him again.

"Of course, love. Come here," Klaus said and held his arms open to me. I dropped the duffle back in the foyer and embraced him. I broke down crying in his arms, and he rubbed circles in my back. "Shh, shh, it's ok," Klaus said, and I held onto him tighter.

Why do I have to sacrifice my family for my happiness?

Why can't I have both?