Cami Pov
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I smiled as I was walking down bourbon street. Everything was so peaceful and bright. I decided to go and buy lunch for me, and my uncle.
It's been a while since I last visited him so, I decided to stop by. I guess I've been caught up, in the Mikealson family drama. I didn't mind it. I felt like I actually like I belonged there. Damon and I were getting closer day by day. I really liked him, but I wasn't entirely sure that he liked me.
Maybe I could talk to my uncle and ask him for advice. Since I had already asked Rebekah, Hayley, Luna, and Davina for advice/help. They all said that I should basically jump him.
I mustered up the will and courage to tell Luna about all the questions Finn had been asking about her. She wanted to confront him, but I stopped her in fear of what he would do to her.
I made it to the church, the smell of the burger and fries was overwhelming, it made my stomach growl. I hadn't really gotten the chance to eat breakfast today.
When I walked into the church, I dropped the bag of food I had brought over, in shock.
The wooden pews, had been ripped apart. There was blood on the floor and walls. A hand covered my mouth, "Cami, you should not have come here."
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Luna Pov
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"You know I am looking forward to this party."
I turned and looked at Davina, who was smiling wickedly. I fake gasped and put a hand over my mouth, "Oh no, don't let me guess, is it because Kol will be there?"
Davina laughed and threw a pillow at me, and I laughed, catching it with ease.
I looked at the clock, it was noon.
"Oh damn, I forgot."
Davina looked at me confused, "Luna, what's wrong? What did you forget?"
I stood up quickly.
"Elijah asked me to meet him in the gym part of the compound, along with a bunch of other vampires. To train, because apparently, my fighting sucks. At least that's what Damon told me, and then I punched him in the arm."
Davina's eyes widened.
"Well, don't just stand there, go, girl."
I smiled and said I would see her later. I sprinted to my room, almost knocking over a few people in the process, but at that moment, it didn't matter, I was on a mission.
I made it to the door of my room. I opened it and closed it once I was inside. I went straight to the dresser that's where I kept most of my work out clothes.
I sighed and looked at the clock. I was now officially five minutes late. I grabbed a thin, light blue long-sleeved shirt. The neck was a little low, so I put on a white tank top underneath it. I put on a pair of workout leggings and Nike shoes. I threw my hair up in a ponytail, not knowing what else I could do with it.
After getting dressed, I ran out of my room and down to the gym part of the compound.
When I arrived, everyone was staring at me. I could see Elijah in the far corner of the room looking at his watch. The first thought that ran through my head was, "Oh no," but then after Elijah smirked at me and Marcel winked at me, I knew that everything was going to be okay.
"Now we can get started." I sighed, looking around the room. This was going to be a long day.
For once, I was glad Klaus wasn't here, so he couldn't watch me make a fool of myself.
Two hours in, and I was sweating. I was glad that Elijah called time for a break because I needed to re-apply some deodorant.
After the break, we went right into it. We had been sparing, and I thought I was decent at it. I had gone through most of the vampires here. I was now sparring Damon.
"So, do you think I am going to get any better at this?"
I smiled at Damon and aimed to punch him in the face he blocked it.
That was just a distraction, I swept my leg under his making him fall to the ground.
I was now on top of him. I was using my forearm to apply pressure to his throat.
"Of course you're getting better, I feel like I am somehow getting worse."
Damon tapped my arm, and I let him go. I stood up and held my arm out. Damon took it.
"Luna, you are doing great. You basically just kicked my ass, and you are an assassin in the making."
I laughed Damon could be so great some times.
"I'm sorry, Luna, is it? Would you mind at all if I borrowed Damon, I have something I would like to talk to him about."
I looked at the girl then at Damon. I smiled putting the pieces together in my head. I wonder how Cami would feel about this.
"Yeah sure," The girl brought her partner over for me to spar, I waved at Damon, and he stuck his tongue out on me like a child.
I smiled at my new sparring partner, trying to be friendly, who didn't smile back.
I held out my hand, "Hi, my name is Lu..." Before I could even get my name out, he took my wrist and twisted it. Something popped, and I pulled away more out of shock and surprise, then out of pain.
"So, that's how you want to play."
The man said nothing. I kicked him in the stomach, which caused him to step back. I almost punched him in the face, but he blocked it. He then threw me on the floor and got on top of me. This supposedly sparring match had turned into a brawl.
I kneed him in the groin and punched him in the throat. I was now on top of him, punching his face repeatedly. He got up and pushed me against the wall.
The man jumped about to punch me when I moved to the side and tackled him to the floor. He got up first and kicked me in my stomach so hard that I was now near the middle of the room.
I got up before I knew it, his foot was in my face. I caught it and twisted it hard enough for him to fall back. The man was now hobbling around, trying to regain his balance. I wasn't sure how to proceed. When the man was almost on me again, I swiped his legs and got on top of him, putting my forearm against his throat, applying pressure, choking him.
Suddenly the whole gym started to cheer.
I got up looking around in surprise.
I looked up in confusion had they been watching the whole time?
The guy held his hand out, and I smiled and shook it. I must have done something right.
I was then, surrounded by vampires who were congratulating me.
The guy I had just sparred was the best of Marcel's guard. I looked up to see Marcel and Elijah smiling at me. I saw and waved at them before returning to everyone one else.
"Hey, my name is Josh, and what you did back there was like beyond awesome."
I smiled and noticed I hadn't seen him around. He must be one of the newly turned.
Josh held up his hand to give me a high-five, I leaned forward and fell into Josh. There was a sharp ringing in my ears, and all the noise around me became unclear.
I was so confused, I couldn't move any part of my body. Yet I could see and hear everything around me. It was like I was in that weird freaky dream state again. I could see Damon's worried face hovering over mine.
"She's not breathing. Elijah, Marcel, go get Klaus!"
I wasn't breathing, well that did explain the dizziness and the tightening in my chest.
I saw Elijah come over and check my heartbeat. He gave me some of his blood. I still couldn't move though, I couldn't swallow the blood that would probably save me and wake me up out of my weird dream state and fix whatever was wrong with me. I could feel something pressing against me, not letting me breathe. It hurt, and it burned like fire. I wished that someone would make it stop. I couldn't make a sound, I was powerless. A few seconds later, I saw Klaus. My head was spinning, and my heart was pounding wildly in my chest.
"Please stay with me, love, stay with me."
I tried to listen to Klaus' soft pleading. I tried to hold on, but I couldn't. It wasn't long before I stopped being able to hear and see everyone.
It felt like I was floating in water. I opened my eyes to find that I was outside of my body, quite literally. I could see and hear everyone. It all just sounded muted.
Hayley and Rebekah had arrived.
Davina, Finn, and Kol arrived shortly after. I talked and talked, but no one seemed to be hearing me. I felt a sudden pain in my stomach, I hunched over, it was so intense. I could feel my eyes watering from the pain.
I started walking out of the compound. The further away I got, the less pain I had to endure. I was now running with urgency to make this horrible pain disappear completely. I made it to the church where the pain stopped.
I saw Cami and a man they were fighting. The man turned around to face me. I gasped, recognizing who it was.
Father Kieran. He took out a knife and sliced Cami's arm. I winced out in pain, feeling the cut. I looked down to see that I was cut, in the exact same spot. I put my hand on the cut, trying to stop the blood flow.
Father Kieran smiled evilly, and I shivered. How could someone so kind, faithful, and generous be someone like this, a complete and utter psychopath?
Father Kieran grinned evilly at Cami and then licked the blade with her blood on it. Laughing like a mad man. Cami tried to reason with him, but she was now, backed into a wall. She grabbed a vase and smashed it against his head, stunning him for a short moment.
Cami tried to run, but Father Kieran caught her feet. I felt Cami hit the floor, screaming in protest while her Uncle dragged her around.
He then pushed her against the wall and stabbed her. I felt it too. Go into my flesh, into my stomach. It wasn't just a regular knife, but a dark object. The pain was so intense, unbearable, and crippling.
He stabbed her again and again. In the stomach, in the arms, in her chest.
I felt the knife go in each time. As he did this, I noticed something on his hand an "x" maybe, I couldn't see clearly. I felt Cami's heartbeat get slower and slower because mine did too. Eventually, when Cami finally bled out, her heart stopped, and so did her breathing mine did too.
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I gasped and sat up, holding my stomach. I couldn't feel the pain anymore, but the memory was still there in my mind. I wiped my face and neck there, was blood, and it wasn't mine. I looked around, no one was here with me. I shivered, it was cold down here. I was on a couch, but in what it appeared to be a room in the compound.
I swung my legs over and hoped down. I put on my shoes and ran out of that room like Cami's life depended on it, which it did. "Klaus!" I yelled I had to call out his name three times for him to come down.
He had tears in his eyes. He walked over to me and hugged me. He was so warm, and he smelled so good, no, I pulled myself away, we could always hug later.
"Cami is going to die. We have to get to the church."
Klaus didn't ask any questions. He yelled for Damon to come down and told me to stay here.
"I can't stay, Klaus, I felt her die. No one should die like that. I promise not to do anything reckless."
Klaus said nothing, but I guess he was done trying to argue with me, he probably knew it was pointless, I would come anyway.
With the help of Klaus' and Damon's vampire speed, we made it there just in time. I heard Cami scream, and I ran inside despite Klaus protest.
I could see Father Kieran his face close to Cami's that dangerous look in his eyes, raising the knife.
"No!" I shouted, tackling him to the ground. He snarled at me, I was now standing between Cami and him.
Father Kieran ran forward with the knife. I held him back with my hands. He was strong, but I knew I was stronger. I turned my head to look at Cami.
"Cami, you need to leave he will kill you. I've seen it, I've felt it."
As soon as I said that, Damon and Klaus came in. Father Kieran caught me off guard. He stabbed me in the chest and left the knife there. I pulled it out and winced and handed it to Cami, who walked into Damon's arms.
I looked at him while Klaus was holding him back. I remember one lesson that Bostiona taught me. About curses, once you were cursed it didn't matter if you turned into a vampire, the curse/hex would still happen.
Fighting it the way Kieran did drove him to madness. I looked at Cami and told Damon to go stand over there to help Klaus with Father Kieran, not that he needed it, but I needed to talk to Cami alone.
This was going to be hard. I sat her down on one of the only pews still standing.
"Cami, Kieran has been hexed."
I watched as confusion spread across her face. "What do you mean, hexed?"
I sighed, looking at Damon and Klaus, who both looked down.
"It means that a witch cursed him. In other words, there is no way of saving him."
I blinked back hot tears as I watched Cami's face change to confusion to sadness.
"He will die soon anyway, and it will be very, slow, and painful. There is no cure for this, I'm sorry."
Cami looked up tears, spilling down her face.
"What are you asking me to do?" I took her hands in mine, she nodded understanding. Cami walked over to Klaus, I looked away, but I could still hear.
"Klaus, can you...please," Cami was sobbing now.
I didn't know Father Kieran very well, but I just had this sick feeling it was guilt. I was crying now with her, and I couldn't stop. I walked over to Cami and hugged her. I knew that she would need it.
Maybe if I had seen this sooner, Father Kieran could have loved a longer life. I pulled away and wiped my eyes.
"I swear to you that I will find the witch who did this and make them pay."
Cami looked up determined, despite the tears falling past her eyes.
"You promise."
I grabbed her by the shoulders and pulled her into another hug.
"I promise."
