Davina Pov

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It was a miracle I had made it here. I had somehow managed to succeed.

Kol was standing beside me, and so was Marcel. It had been so long since I saw the both of them. Since, I had seen everyone in one room. Despite how tired I was, it felt good to be with everyone again. Rebekah was next to a worried Damon and Josh. Stefan was in the far corner of the room. I wondered why he was here. I had heard that whatever Genevieve gave him still caused some unpleasant adverse effects. I couldn't help but feel bad. Klaus was standing in-between Hayley and Elijah. Jackson was also in the room, but he was standing mostly away from everyone, like Stefan. Jake was downstairs, babysitting Hope along with Cami. Klaus felt more comfortable with Cami being with Jake while he watched Hope.

"What do you mean, fought with Mikeal?" Asked Elijah, who seemed to have dark circles under his eyes like everyone else.

Fatigue had replaced joy at the compound. I wanted things to go back to the way they used to be.

"I mean, he was complaining about the spell taking too long, and words were said, and he put his hands on her shoulders. That's when Luna pushed him." A scoff sounded from the corner of the room. I looked away from Elijah and glared at Stefan.

I noticed that everyone in the room do the same. Klaus stepped forward but Hayley out her hand on his arm, he shot her an annoyed look. "Do you have something to say, brother?" Asked a cool voice that matched his eyes, Damon, Stefan's older brother.

"No, I-I uh, I'm sorry it's just- I need to get out of here."

Then he was gone. Poor Stefan, poor Luna, poor everyone...

A shock went through me, and images became visible in my head. It felt like I was drowning, my strength was just being zapped away.

I could faintly hear the grumbling voice of Mikeal, and another voice I didn't recognize, although I could tell it was female. Another voice jumped into the conversation, clearly male. His voice was very familiar, and the way he spoke sounded like Finn. But that was impossible. Finn was killed by Klaus. I then walked into the room and screamed, although no one could hear or see me. At the women's feet lay Luna. I couldn't tell if she was breathing. I noticed that Mikeal had an odd expression on his face, and not one of hate or anger. Luna coughed and sat up. She began crawling away from the three, but the man grabbed her by the hair, and forced her to stand up. He whispered something in her ear that I couldn't hear, and I saw her grow pale. The woman next to Mikeal frowned looking worried before her expression shifted and turned more sinister. Like she was being taken over by something, the woman grabbed her head. Mikeal continued to look almost worried...

I gasped, sitting up relieved to see everyone in the room again. I tried to open my mouth to speak, but no words came out. Hayley handed me a glass of cold water, which I drunk back happily.

"Luna is in big trouble," I said, breaking the silence.

"And how did you know that it wasn't just some dream?" Asked Hayley stepping forward with a look of grimace on her face. "I can't explain it, but it wasn't a daydream, it was something powerful. Things are about to go down...Ester, Mikeal, Finn, Luna..."

I then felt dizzy, and the last thing I could remember is falling, and a familiar pair of arms caught me.

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Rebekah Pov

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"We need to find her, immediately," stated Jackson when the room grew silent. I sucked in a deep breath and looked at Marcel.

"Yes, I agree, we shall send out a search party at some time tomorrow."

Klaus sneered at this and got in Elijah's face, I held my breath, Elijah had said the wrong thing, not on purpose, of course.

"Have you lost your bloody mind, Elijah? We go now! Who knows what our bloody mother is doing to her, did you forget that she is also with Mikeal, and possibly Finn. I can't wait any longer, I'm going mad sitting and waiting. I will not wait anymore."

Elijah opened his mouth, but Hayley stepped forward beside Klaus. "I agree with Klaus, we need to go find her now."

"I was merely suggesting that we should all get some rest-"

"We can sleep when we're dead, Elijah," said a voice from the doorway.

I looked up to see a sour-faced Kol, he had just gotten back from laying Davina down.

"So we go tonight, split into groups, from what Davina, said they were in some forest close to Virginia," Kol said, walking into the room with his bat over his shoulder. I smiled, he had always loved that bat, although I never quite understood why.

He caused some destruction with that little thing.

"Okay, so we have to have people to stay home, to defend it, and Hope can't go, " piped up Jackson. I nodded, agreeing with him. "Me and the guys will stay Cami as well," added Marcel, nodding to Josh and an unhappy-looking Stefan and some of his vampires.

Klaus seemed pleased by this.

"Will you and Jack stay?" Asked Hayley to Jackson, he nodded and left the room.

After that, we were out into pairs.

Hayley and I, Elijah and Klaus, and Damon and Kol.

As Hayley and I got into the car, I prayed that Luna was still alive and that we would find her in one piece.

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Kol Pov

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I got out of the car, and took a deep breath, swing my hat around. It felt good to have it in my hands again.

"Hey, look, this looks like the clearing Davina was talking about that led to the forest," said Damon, and I followed him into the clearing. The first few minutes were quiet, so I decided to break the silence.

That was the one thing I didn't need right now. Distracting myself would keep all of those negative thoughts out of my head.

"How was Luna when you guys left?"

Damon didn't say anything for a while as he looked off into the distance, and I almost gave up on talking, but he finally answered.

"How would you expect her to act Kol, her whole world was basically yanked, from under her. The last time she saw Elijah was when he was putting her in a sleeper's hold. So yeah, she was jumping with joy," said Damon sarcastically.

I huffed, annoyed, resisting the urge to hit him with my bat a few times, "Look, I just wanted to know, I care a lot about her too. Being her friend and all..."

We continued to walk in silence, we finally reached the woods. By now, the sun was setting, and it would be dark soon, but it wouldn't make any difference. I promised myself that I would not rest until I found her.

"She was depressed. She skipped meals, she wouldn't talk to us for hours, and if she did, they were three to five worded sentences. She had nightmares, excuse me, more like night terrors the way she screamed and withered. She tried to be better, but that was after Cami sat down with her, and they had a long talk. But she still wasn't really the same. It was almost like she was just void. Some days she would just break down a cry, or have these attacks. Panic, anxiety, whichever one she was trembling in a puddle of her own tears curled up in a ball, trying to hold herself together. We had to be very careful around her. We couldn't say Hayley's name and especially Klaus' she seemed to miss him the most."

I nodded, I had figured that much. I exhaled, surprised to see that it was cold enough to see my breath.

"Klaus was just as bad. He would stay locked in his room sleep during the day. Get drunk, and feed at night. He won't admit it, but he has shed his fair share of tears. Hayley was just as bad. I caught them once in Luna's room. A few weeks ago, Elijah put his foot down. Forcing them to sleep at night instead of the daytime. He made them do productive things. Of course, they ignored him. Klaus painted and painted, and when he was done he hadn't realized that he was painting her the whole time. He was the same about Hope. He painted both of them. Sometimes together, it was like his obsession. He painted Luna in extravagant dresses. But mostly from memories. It hurt to see him like that."

Damon nodded, and nothing was said for a while until we heard a scream. The blood in my body froze, and next to me. Damon had stopped breathing, I did as well.

I knew that voice.

"Luna!!!" We both yelled at the same time. We ran in different directions the scream was brief so, we didn't exactly have a great idea about where it originated.

I ran and yelled nearly tripping over someone. I turned around, and even though the light was fading, I knew it was her. Jewel. My best friend.

The warm, rich carmel skin, the unruly dark brown hair, and the trademark green eyes that she and Hayley shared.

"Luna," I breathed, and she shook her head at me. I undid her chains and pulled the gag out of her mouth. She was barely, clothed.

Wearing a flannel that was too big for her. She was much thinner than I had remembered, her cheeks hollow.

"Luna, are you alright? Have you had anything to eat or drink recently-"

She cut me off.

"No, Kol, you need to listen to me get out of here, She wanted to find you this is a trap go-"

I placed a hand over her mouth. She looked at me annoyed. "Luna, I'm getting you out of here, and I don't give a rats ass-" I gasped feeling something piercing heart, it felt oddly familiar like a dagger. But that was impossible. Klaus had destroyed them when he brought me and Finn back.

I fell back, clutching my chest, and Luna was immediately by my side. I could hear her talking, but I could not make it out everything was growing muffled. I could feel my heart slowing down, and my thoughts started to get sluggish. I grabbed her hand and pulled her closer to me. I whispered the only thing my mind could think of. I was worried that I didn't say it. After that, I was in a sleep state. Not alive but not exactly dead either. My only company was the darkness around me.

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Luna Pov

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"Kol," I said. I slapped him a few times, even shouting his name to no avail.

The word"run"had fallen from his lips in a whisper.

His body had gone, cold and gray. Veins could be seen, on every inch of his skin. He wasn't dead. I shivered cold. I had on nothing but some underclothes and a flannel, Mikeal's flannel, to be exact.

He was the one that had let me go, of course, I had got caught by the new reincarnation of the evil Finn, but he had saved my life. For some reason, he took pity on me. Why I didn't think I was ever going to know the answer. After hours of Ester and Finn torturing me, I don't think I could've survived much longer. Something was going on with Ester. Maybe it was because I hadn't put her soul into her original body, maybe because the original body had taken control of her essence. I was grateful, to Mikeal, of course, but I didn't have enough time to say thank you, and I didn't even question it. But Finn had caught me and chained me, Mikeal's efforts though kind, had been pointless.

"Oh, Luna, I thought you were alone. Is that my traitor of a brother? Don't worry you'll be joining him soon."

I stood up and was going to do what Kol had said, "run." Finn raised his hand, and I sank to my knees, as I cried out in pain. My head was killing me. I opened my eyes and raised my hand, I heard the sound of his body hit the ground, and I felt instant relief. I had just temporarily knocked him out, giving me time to escape. I was too weak to kill anything with my magic...

I turned around and ran, as fast as my legs would carry me. I ignored the stabbing pain in my feet from the sharp rocks, and anything from the forest floor.

My body was cold, but I pushed myself to keep running, I did not wish to feel that pain ever again. I then cried out, covering my mouth, how could I have just left Kol like that. I was so disgusted with myself.

What kind of friend was I? To leave him back there for Finn to get revenge on when he awoke.

I continued running, I didn't bother to wipe my eyes the tears, they would just come anyway. It's not like I could see anyway, it was dark. There were no stars and no moon, just the cold. I stopped running for a minute, hearing a twig snap. I hid behind a tree and not the sleeve of the flannel desperately trying not to make any noise.

Flashlights moved around the ground, lighting everything up.

"She went this way. Remember what Ester said, alive."

Static sounded after that,"Copy."

I bent down, realizing this was the only way I was going to make it out. I held my breath as my bones began to break.

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Damon Pov

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The five of us walked in the woods without hesitation. After not hearing back from Kol for hours. It was daylight now...he should have been back...I should have gone with him...

I had called Rebekah and Hayley. We weren't that far from each other, so we joined forces.

No one spoke too nervous, thinking about what was ahead.

Rebekah had gotten some things from a store I knew some of it consisted of medical supplies and clothes. We were well into the forest. Klaus and Hayley were in the front. All of us figured that having two hybrids in the front, would be best since they have the strongest sense of smell. Besides, Klaus and Hayley would have been in the front anyway.

They paused seeing, something I couldn't see. I stepped away from the group and saw the blood. From what I could smell, some of the blood was Luna's, and some of it was a regular human's. Flashlights and guns littered the ground. I wasn't exactly sure, but Klaus and Hayley continued to follow it, so I knew my guess must have been right. But as we followed the blood trail, Luna's blood seemed to disappear, it smelled like other animals. Wolf maybe, I couldn't be sure.

"She must have changed, she couldn't have gone far with all the blood she's lost," said Hayley in a shaky voice.

We were spread out now, but we could all still see each other.

"Hey, I found something, or what remains, of her clothes."

I sped over to Rebekah who was pointing at a flannel and some shredded undergarments that had been ripped to shreds by something. Some of the pieces were bloody. Klaus bent down with a worried expression on his face and picked a piece, of what was left of the flannel, and smelled it.

"It's her..."

Klaus trialed off growing paper and paler by the minute, I wondered if he was still breathing.

Elijah stepped forward and plucked the piece of flannel from Klaus' hands. He smelled it too and closed his eyes before saying "father." Rebekah looked at Elijah and then Klaus.

"You can't be bloody serious?" She snatched the piece of flannel from Elijah's hands and smelled it. The piece of flannel floated down on to the ground of the forest. "Oh no," whispered Rebekah sinking to her knees.

I went with her, if Luna had gone up against Mikeal, there was a very small chance of her survival.

"Let's continue to follow the trail," said Elijah snapping everyone out of their dazed states. I got up holding a hand out to Rebekah. She took it, and together we walked with everyone following the trail. Trees had been scratched by what looked like claw marks. The wind blew making the leaves that had fallen into the ground stir and rustle. Bodies were visible, all looking to be missing arms and legs, they had been mauled.

"Oh my God," said Hayley covering her mouth. I closed my eyes and opened them again just to make sure I wasn't dreaming.

Luna.

She was curled up, on the ground. Cuts everywhere on her body. Darts circled her.

Luna was pale despite her normally radiant carmel color. Her body although clearly nude was hidden by leaves, dirt, and blood. Her hair was spread out like a halo. She had sustained some injuries that much was clear. Some breaks, some dislocations... She had lost a lot of blood...She looked dead.

Rebekah found a blanket in her bag and wrapped Luna up in it. Klaus had somehow moved out of his frozen state, and he gave her his blood. The wounds on her body were healing, but slowly. She was steadily losing more blood.

"We need to get her home," stated Klaus as he lifted her into his arms as if she weighed nothing.

"What about Kol?" Asked Hayley in a worried tone.

"We can always resume the search, but he would have wanted us to get Luna home first. It is what he would want," replied Elijah placing a comforting hand on Hayley's back.

A gasp sounded from Luna, who was in Klaus' arms. Everyone immediately went to her. Luna's usually bright green eyes were dull and appeared to be more gray than green.

"Klaus," she breathed, and he stared down at her, tears in his eyes.

"I'm here now," He placed a trembling hand on her cheek. Like he was afraid to touch her. As usual with those to, they forgot about everyone and everything around them as they gazed at each other.

Normally, I would express how grossed out I was but not this time. I wanted them to have a moment or two, they had missed out on to many. What kind of person would I be to ruin that? I was an ass, but not a heartless one.

"They have him, Kol. He told me to run, I couldn't, I am s-so s-sorry-" Luna broke off and started shuddering and sobbing. Uh oh, it was happening.

She was having one of her attacks, Klaus looked downright horrified. Hayley had a hand over her mouth as she watched her sister break down. No one seemed to know what to do.

Klaus tried to comfort her to the best of his ability, and eventually, the shuddering turned into small inconsistent shakes, and the sobs turned into quiet breathing. His touch, words, his presence alone gave her immense comfort. He was the cure to her pain, didn't see that one coming...

Soon she was asleep, and we were all back in the Suv. Klaus had refused to leave Luna, and besides, nobody could pry her off him. Nobody was going to try anyway.

I put my head up against the window. Unable to sleep because of how worried I was about how things were about to play out.