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Anna steps towards Lysandra, shining her flashlight on her. "You are not who I expected." She looked at the floating ball of light above her head and her eyes widened
"Who are you?" Lysandra asked politely.
"Anna. Are you a witch?" Anna asked as she looked at the light.
"I am," Lysandra replied since it was obvious.
"Why don't you seem afraid?" Anna asked curiously as she stepped towards the girl.
"Why should I be? I've seen far worse." Lysandra replied with a shrug of her shoulders as she moved away from the girl, prepared to strike if she attacked, except when her light moved with her, it illuminated Pearl's mummified body. Anna sees her mother and kneels down next to her, caressing her arm as she said, "Mother! Mother."
Lyra crouches down next to her concerned but still wary as she asked, "What does she need?"
"Blood," Anna said turning towards her.
"Before you even think about doing what I think you're going to do, let me help her," Lyra said as she created a ball of fire between them, warning her to back off, thankfully she did so as she looked between her mother and the ball of fire in fear. Lyra put it out just as Stefan came rushing towards where they were as he said concerned, "Lyra!"
"Stef wait, don't freak out, let me help her," Lysandra said to him.
"You can't help her unless you feed her your blood, which I'm not going to let you do," Stefan said sternly.
"I'll give her a little of mine to wake her up before giving what I gave you to calm you down, there'll be no physical contact I promise, just let me help her, she's her mother," Lysandra said pleadingly and Stefan gave up and let her go.
"Do not give too much ok. You're already exhausted enough," Stefan said concerned, but he knew there was no point fighting with her, she would get her way in the end anyway.
"I'll be fine," Lysandra said reassuringly before she used her magic to cut a slice in her hand, and conjured up a cup to pour it in, she filled it before lifting up the woman's head and helping her to drink it. Anna watched all this in shock, a witch willingly helping a vampire, she couldn't believe it as she looked at the girl beyond grateful.
When the cup was empty and the vampire turned towards her clearly prepared to strike, Lyra used her magic to quickly pull out the blood pop and put it in her mouth instead. She couldn't do it before because her lips looked painful to part and she couldn't fit a lollipop in there so she had to give her blood through liquid first. Anna noticed in surprise how quickly her mother went back to the normal the longer whatever that lollipop was, stayed in her mouth and she quickly rushes to her side, caressing her face in her hands and crying happily.
Her mother weakly takes the lollipop out her mouth to say, "Annabelle."
Lyra smiled at their interaction before offering the girl one, "Here, try it, it's called a blood pop."
Anna took it from her hesitantly before popping it in her mouth, her eyes widening at the burst of flavor, it was more delicious than any human blood she's ever tasted and way more fulfilling, she didn't think she'd ever felt so full in her life. She took it out of her mouth to say, "What flavour is this?"
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you, now we should really get out of here," Lysandra said as she looked at Stefan and he nodded before she gasped as he lifted her slightly before speeding out the tomb. What she didn't expect was for her to be thrown forward at the entrance, she used her magic to right herself before turning back confused, her eyes widened when she realized Stefan couldn't get through, he was leaning exactly where the entrance was.
"Shit sorry Lyra!" Stefan asked pushing at the barrier, it was just like the one when he hadn't been invited in, he had a slight hunch something like this would happen, Sheila had agreed way too easily.
"What is going on?" Lyra asked concerned.
"The spell allows vampires in but it won't let them out," Elena explained sadly as she looked at him except his eyes were on Lyra.
"Please tell me you didn't know that when you went inside," Lyra said pleadingly.
"I-I had a slight hunch but it's gonna be okay, we'll fix it," Stefan said reassuringly.
"You absolute idiot! What were you thinking?!" Lyra asked him with tears in her eyes. Stefan looks down, not answering as she said, "Oh my God!"
"I panicked, they said you were inside, I just...I couldn't lose you again." Stefan said softly. Lyra went up and hugged him as she said, "If you're stuck here, you know I'm going to stay too, right?"
"No you are not," Stefan said immediately pulling her away from him as he looked down at her sternly.
"Just try and stop me, you push me out, and I'll apparate back inside," Lysandra promised and he groaned as he pulled her towards him resting his head on her head as he said, "Why do you have to be so stubborn?"
"It's all a part of my charm," Lysandra said smiling up at him as Elena watched on jealously.
"We can't leave him in there. We promised him. Both of us." Elena interrupted their moment.
"I know." Stefan said to her before turning to Sheila who said, "Even if we're able to break through the seal, we won't be able to hold it for long."
Stefan goes back into the tomb to find Damon, Lyra following behind him despite his protests Damon was still searching the tomb for Katherine, finding nothing, he kicks the dirt on the floor in frustration as he said, "She's not here."
Stefan and Lyra walk up to Damon as Stefan calls out to him, "Damon."
"She's not here," Damon breathed out refusing to believe it.
"What?" Stefan asked confused at his mutterings.
Damon pulls out the blood bag turning around to scream, "She's not here." He throws the blood bag at the wall as blood splatters across it. Lyra had to look away from the amount of anguish on his face, it reminded her too much of the war she had just come from for comfort.
Sheila and Bonnie were reciting the spell to lift the seal as Elena circles around them. The torches suddenly flare up and Elena looks towards the tomb as she said, "I think it's working."
Anna exits the tomb with Pearl, who is surprisingly not as weak as they thought she'd be considering how long she's been stuck in there.
"I just wanted my mother back. Jeremy's fine. He's outside. I won't touch him." Anna promised before leaving with Pearl just as the torches being to falter.
"Bonnie, keep going!" Sheila said before turning to Elena to say, "They better hurry."
"Stefan, they can't hold it much longer!" Elena shouted out just as the torches extinguish themselves. Bonnie looks faint and Sheila doesn't look much better, Elena notices this but didn't know what to do.
"Damon, we need to get out of here," Stefan said to his brother.
"It doesn't make sense. They locked her inside." Damon said confused.
"If we don't leave now, we're not getting out," Stefan said trying to make him understand.
"How could she not be in here?" Damon asked brokenly.
"It's not worth spending all of eternity down here. She's not worth it!" Stefan said trying to grab Damon but he shouts, "No!" as he angrily pushes him away.
"Shit! They can't hold on much longer!" Lyra said feeling their magic dwindling, and realizing they needed more time so she closed her eyes and pulled some of her magic before sending it straight to the center of the ritual. "There, we've got a little more time." She said faintly looking moments away from keeling over as Stefan looks at her concerned. She turned towards Damon and says, "Damon please!"
He looks at her then her outstretched hand for a moment before he held it, she grabs Stefan's as well and apparated them to the front of the entrance before pushing them out with herself. As vampires, they couldn't be nauseous so the ride was more of a shock than anything.
Bonnie and Sheila had been chanting the spell to keep the seal down before Bonnie stops for a moment, gasping for air and keeling over as she said, "Oh my God. I can't!"
"Yes, you can," Sheila said before all of a sudden a ball of bright light was sent from the tomb towards them and they suddenly felt energized as they did the rest of the spell without breaking a sweat. A second or so later, they suddenly all appeared at the entrance as the girl nearly keeled over before Stefan caught her.
They still continue chanting since they needed to close the tomb. Elena had been about to embrace Stefan when he came out when he caught Lyra and held her to him and she huffed in irritation, she could have just used the wall, instead of being so dramatic she thought annoyed. The door to the tomb suddenly closes and the torches die out and that was when Lyra asked, "You both alright? I tried giving as much as I could but I'm pretty sure if I gave more of my magic, I would have passed out."
"We're fine Little Witch, you helped us quite a lot," Sheila said appreciatively before looking at her concerned as she leant on Stefan. "You should rest child."
"I will, hopefully soon. I really miss sleeping on proper beds," Lyra said, the beds in the camps weren't as comfortable to be honest.
"What do you mean by that?" Stefan asked concerned before seeing her exhausted face, he sighed then as he said, "You're telling me everything later."
"You know I will." Lysandra said with a smile but it wasn't as true as the ones he was used to, there was something bothering her, he wouldn't ask now though, she needed to rest first.
At the party in the woods, Caroline is talking with a group of friends before she looks over at Matt, who was leaning against his truck, as their eyes make eye contact, they smile at each other. Caroline walks over to him as he asks, "Is this for real?"
"Is what for real?" Caroline asked curiously.
"You being all cool and honest and open?" Matt asked hardly daring to believe it.
Caroline walks a step closer to Matt as she said, "Speech number three? I want this to work. And I'm scared that you're gonna change your mind and you're not gonna want it. I don't want to mess it up."
"I don't want to mess it up either," Matt said as they rest their foreheads against each other affectionately.
As soon Elena exits the tomb, she runs over to Jeremy, who started to wake up. Stefan said as he hold us Lyra, "He's okay."
Elena kneels down next to Jeremy, who groans and she sighed in relief as she says, "He's all right."
Damon then exits the tomb, looking completely miserable, Lyra looks at him sympathetically before pulling away from Stefan a little unsteadily and walks over to Damon, she pulls him into her famous hugs, that all her friends adore, in an effort to comfort him. He didn't deserve this, it wasn't fair, that bitch was more heartless than she thought.
Damon just stood there not knowing what to feel, it was anguish one minute then rage the next and then just a numb feeling that felt so much better. A moment later he actually began to enjoy the comfort she was giving him and hesitantly wrapped his arms around her whilst she tightened her hold on him. He didn't know how long it was before she let him go but when she did, he frowned slightly to himself, wondering why he had liked that, enough to actually hug her back. She looked up at him with soft eyes as she brushed a strand of hair away from his face before cupping his cheek as she softly said, "I'm so sorry. You deserve better."
She pulled away but just as she was about to walk to Stefan, she winced as she held her head, she had done too much today her body told her. She suddenly began to feel dizzy as she stumbled slightly, she felt herself being caught by a strong pair of arms. she looked up into a pair of beautiful blue eyes before her eyes rolled back in her head as her world turned black.