Luna Pov

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The water was cold. It felt like I was standing outside while it was sleeting. Even though my original plan had been to take a hot shower, or at least a warm one. I couldn't move. The water freezing my muscles in place.

But there was a part of me that didn't want to move out of the icy water's path. Part of me wanted to stay there. To feel the stinging cold water against my skin. Because I felt like I deserved it, to feel the cold. I felt like deserved to feel the pain that came with it afterwards.

Because it was my fault that Chris was taken.

Because it was my fault that Leo was taken.

Because it was my fault that Rebekah was taken.

Every thing had gone wrong simply because of who I was. And that hurt. That hurt a lot.

It didn't matter how many times Klaus and every one else told me that it wasn't my fault. But it was, all of it, my fault.

I appreciated that they were trying to make me feel better, and I loved them for that. But it still didn't change the truth or the facts.

I shut the water off. Making a split decision before I could change my mind again. Breathing just like he had told me to.

He told me that every thing was going to be alright. I had to believe in some thing positive. But all I could think about is Abbraxas. How easily I had gone down. How afraid I was of him. And how I seemed to some how know him even though I couldn't remember or recall any thing.

It was this feeling, a feeling I couldn't explain. It was not a warm one either. But he did. He remembered me. And that scared me. It had been enough to keep me up all night. In fear that he would find me.

Klaus did his best. God he was such a saint, an angel really. I felt bad because I knew I was the reason he was up all night. Usually I felt safe when I was around him. Because the fact was he would rip any one to shreds who would try to hurt me or any one in the house.

I just felt so useless, it hurt to be around him some times because he was great at every thing he did. And he was a beast at every thing he did. Where as I failed at every thing I did. I was supposed to be this all powerful witch/werewolf hybrid. Fifth generation according to Leo. Not to mention I had special witch powers. Premonitions, telekinesis, and I could temporarily freeze time. But I didn't feel like an all powerful hybrid. I felt like a weak girl. I had once thought that I had left her in the caves, along with all of the bad memories. The memories of my suffering, the memories of the endless pain, and the cold. It had been so cold down there in the caves. Some times I just had nightmares about the coldness. I had left that weak girl back at the caves, the night that Klaus and Elijah rescued me and Hayley from the witches. Them saving me gave me hope, a small glimmer at first but hope nonetheless. I was finally free from the weak girl I had turned myself in to, I had a chance to be independent. To do what I wanted for the first time in all of my life. But I guess she found me again.

I was still trying to wrap my head around the fact that the man who had killed my parents was still alive. Still breathing. I shivered not because of the cold but at the very real possibility that he was going to find me again.

That he was going to take some one else from me.

But who would it be next Hayley, or maybe even Klaus. I couldn't let that happen, I wouldn't let that happen. I would give my self up before that. No one else was going to get taken because of me, not again.

Maybe that's what I should do. Give myself up. I knew I was valuable. Maybe in return if I gave myself up who ever had the three (Rebekah, Chris, and Leo) would trade them for me. It would be hard to do, maybe even impossible. But if I did that I would have to do it with out any one knowing. Because let's be honest no one in this house was going to let me sacrifice myself. And I was glad that they wouldn't just let me sacrifice myself. It showed how much they really loved and cared about me. And I was grateful for that. Grateful for them.

I stepped out of the shower wrapping the towel tightly around myself. I opened the door to see Josh. He had his hand raised as if he were about to knock. He smiled kindly at me. Oblivious to the fact that I was only in a towel.

"Oh hey Luna I would ask you how you slept last night but judging by the dark bags under your eyes I would say that you didn't sleep at all last night." He said using that usual sarcastic tone that would get him in trouble from time to time with his father. Or at least that's what he would tell me. But there was some thing else underneath it. Concern maybe. Most likely. No one could worry like Josh.

"I couldn't sleep Josh my mind was just racing. I'm worried about my brother, Leo, and Rebekah. And let's not mention the fact that the man who killed my parents is out there alive." I said and he raised an eye brow. Not looking at all convinced with my explanation. Which seemed weird to me. From my side it was a perfect reasonable explanation. But I didn't tell Josh the other reason why I couldn't sleep. The nightmares had started up again. I hadn't told any one about them. Those later months at the compound I remember how he was the only one able to comfort me. Because every one feared him. And I thought that he was scary enough to even chase my dreams away. But now things were different. I wasn't even sure he would be able to comfort me at this point.

I would wake up and I would be back in the witches' caves being beaten and starved to death. I hated those ones. I usually had to get up and walk around to clear my head. I did this alone not wanting to disturb any one. Other times I would just dream of coldness. The ones where I woke up and thought that I was almost if not frozen to death. Of course I wasn't back in the caves. I was in my room, well the room that me and Hayley shared. But I was perfectly safe. Then if not the cold then I would dream of fire. I was familiar to the searing hot pain of it. Just like I was familiar to the freezing cold. It had been a memory as most of my nightmares were. Some thing that had happened long ago. But for what ever reason it had been blocked. And now I had just begun to access it. I was sure that I didn't want to remember what they did to me. Maybe they took the memories away because it broke me. Maybe I was broken. Maybe that's why I couldn't do certain spells, maybe that's why I wasn't some all powerful hybrid. Because I was broken, if I was I wanted to be fixed as soon as possible. So I could try to have a some what normal life.

Even now I could still feel it. The flames. The fire. The way it flickered on to my skin. The searing hot burning blinding pain. The smell of my flesh as it burned. The color of the smoke. I could remember lying there in my cell, after they were done, wanting to die. Begging, pleading it even. I had stopped asking for some one to save me. I gave up on that a long time ago. Because no one ever came no matter how many times I asked. I remember being in my cell for once grateful for the cold. The next day was better and worse. The blisters were there but they left me alone, the witches. I guess they wanted to give me time to heal so they could do it all over again, because it certainly wasn't because they felt bad for me. They never once did feel bad for me, just like they never once showed me any mercy. And that is exactly what I did. I healed and I healed and I healed. Until there was nothing left, not even a scar. That was one positive thing. There wasn't one scar on the outside my body, but there were scars under my skin on the inside. The kind of scars that would never heal. The kind of scars that stayed with you forever.

But I didn't want him to worry. He and Aiden were doing great and I didn't want to ruin that with my problems. "And Klaus being beside you had nothing to do with that fact?" He said and I scoffed. Was I really going to have to explain this to him for the fifth time. I couldn't help but regret telling him in the first place. Well I originally had only planned to tell Davina but Josh had over heard us. So I had no choice but to explain. He would have went on and assumed that some thing else happened.

"No Josh it's not that. I've told you this. Besides we've slept beside each other many times." I said and Josh shook his head.

"Yeah but before you guys didn't almost kiss." He said causing me to kick him in the knee. He went down and looked up at me, an offended expression on his face. "Ow what was that for?" He asked his voice rang with betrayal.

I smiled happy that I had caused him feel a little pain he deserved it. "Well for one thing you were being to loud. And for another thing we did not almost kiss. I don't know how many times I have to remind you of that fact." I said looking down at my feet remembering how close we had been. I wanted to do it again. I remember his hands, how warm they were. The way they laid on my face, how soft they had been. Our foreheads touching, his breath on my face. It would be enough to drive a girl crazy. I had thought we were going to kiss. But I was a little relieved that we didn't. Because then I didn't know what would happen next. And with every thing going on, I didn't want to add to the drama and the confusion.

"Then why are you blushing?" Josh asked and I racked my brain for an excuse. "I'm cold." I said gesturing to the towel wrapped securely around my body. "Oh would you believe that I didn't notice that." I rolled my eyes. Josh could be so goofy some times.

"Well why don't you get dressed and then you can come down stairs and eat. Then we can talk about you getting a tattoo." He said moving past me and closing the bathroom before I had time to react. I groaned hitting the door when he had started to laugh at me. We'd already had this conversation twice. And he already knew how I felt about needles, and about some thing being permanently inked on to my body.

The fear of needles came from my time with the witches. They would take my blood daily. I never figured out what they did with it. But the needles they used weren't exactly small, and they weren't clean either. They enjoyed taking my blood, because they knew I hated the tools they used. But Josh didn't know about that. The only people who knew about my fear of needles were Klaus and Jake.

And as for some thing permanently inked on to my body, no thank you.

I loved Josh, even though he drove me up the wall some times. But I wasn't really in any playful mood right now. I was tired. And not just physically. I was tired of every bad guy who showed up being able to push me around. (Even though I appreciated it very much) I was tired of being saved, especially by Klaus. A girl needed to be here own hero some times. But I wondered if that day for me would ever come. It's not like I was weak. Because I knew I was strong. I also knew that I could fight, I was a good fighter. It was just the point of doing it at the right time. Getting back up when I got knocked down. I was just going to have to start pushing myself. Harder. I was going to have to start pushing myself to be faster. I was going to have to push myself past my limits and my comfort zone. That meant spending less nights in my bed, in my room (or Klaus') sleeping. If I was going to find Rebekah, Leo, and my brother Chris I was going to have to win this time. The bad guys weren't going to be standing over me, I was going to be standing over them. Play time was over, now it was time to get to work.

...

I stood after tying my shoes (for the third time I might add). My hand hands were shaking badly the first two times. I just couldn't stop thinking about the three of them. They were probably being tortured, hurting because of me. In pain because of me. Miserable because of me. Because I had to be weak.

I would be weak no more.

I was going to be strong. I had to be. There was no other option, way, or alternative. I had to do this. I had to be strong for them. Not only for Rebekah. But for my brother and Leo. I wouldn't be able to handle it if I lost them, any one of them. Sure I didn't know them (Chris and Leo) all that well, but I wanted to. I wanted the chance to get to know them. I wanted to be close with my brother, I wanted to learn more about our mother and my other side of the family. But I didn't want to do it on my own. I couldn't do it alone. I wanted to do it with them. If they had any chance of surviving this I had to be strong for them. I had to prepare myself to do what ever it took. Even if that meant risking my life. Even if that meant handing myself over to them to get the three back.

Looking in the mirror I felt satisfied with my appearance. I knew that Rebekah wouldn't want me to let myself go. Not for her sake. I knew she would do the same for me. She would keep it together. My hair although it was still damp was in a high pony tail. It was calmer as it usual was when I got out of the shower. Though it was still curly but it was more softer and a lot less crazy like it usually was. I was grateful for that. I didn't want to just braid it up like I always did. I wanted to try new things. Call me crazy but I was exploring different options, and styles. I knew Rebekah would want me to. I winced telling my self to get a grip. She wasn't going to die, she might come back with bruises and cuts but she would be in one piece. I, we were going to get her back. Just like Klaus had said.

I didn't have a drop of make-up on my face. Which was normal for me. I wore my usual pink lip gloss every other day, some times every two days. It just depended if I wanted to or not. I did however have chap stick on. Cherry. The kind I always used. I was almost out.

I was wearing the necklace that had once been my mothers. The necklace that my dad had made her when she was sixteen. I was going to avoid taking it off as much as possible. It made me feel closer to my mom. And I happened to like that feeling.

I had on another v-neck shirt. Like last night's almost. Except this one was more like a regular t-shirt it was just fitted tighter. The shirt was a dark blue color. It reflected on what I was feeling today. The shirt allowed me to show a little cleavage but not to much. A year ago I would have freaked out. Nervous about showing that much skin. 'You can't hide in this shell forever, you have to come out eventually.' Rebekah had said that to me. I of course decided against it. Continuing wearing my jeans that were one or two sizes to big, and my shirts that were bigger than they should be. I remember briefly wearing a bikini top and a pair of short jean shorts at the bayou when I was with Jackson's brother, Jake. It's been a long since I've thought about him. I meant really thought about him. I was such a terrible friend. But that wasn't the point. The point was the experience had not been a good one. A group of men tried to kill me, and I killed one of them. Activating my wolf curse a few weeks later. Since then I had avoided wearing things like that. But she was right. I couldn't hide any more. I didn't want to hide any more. I wanted to wear tight things and shirts that my brother and Damon wouldn't allow me to leave the house in. I wanted to be confident. And in order to be confident. I had to feel confident. And I couldn't do that in my usual baggy t-shirts and baggy jeans.

I had on a pair of jeans. Holy ones to be exact but they weren't to holy. They were tight like yesterdays, but less so. I had on a pair of combat boots Cami had given to me.

I turned about to leave but paused. Hayley was standing in the door way. I tilted my head to the side not being able to help feeling slightly alarmed. She had this look on her face. Had some thing happened? Was some thing wrong?

"Luna we have to talk. Would you mind joining me outside for a walk." She said and I frowned. Her words had an authoritative tone that I've never heard her use with me before. I didn't think she was really asking. And that made me nervous. I did not want to yell, or get in to another fight with her. I was tired and all I wanted to do was find Rebekah, Chris, and Leo.

"Sure why not let me grab my jacket." I said looking up but she was already gone. Out side probably. I walked down the stairs trying to think about what she would want to talk about.

"Hey Luna. Where are you going?" Josh asked sitting at the table along with every one else. I sighed turning to look at him. "To talk to Hayley." I replied looking at Klaus and then leaving.

Uhhh why did I just do that? I just couldn't resist I guess. I knew things were going to be weird between us. After last night. And by looking at him I just made things worse on myself. He probably though that I was weird, or that some thing was wrong with me. He had bags under his eyes like me, but his were more prominent, and that worried me.

But right now at this moment in time. Now that I was outside. Alone with Hayley was my biggest worry. She had said that she wanted to talk. Some thing told me that I wasn't going to like it. I just hoped and prayed that what ever it was didn't end in a fight. That was the last thing I wanted to do.

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Elijah Pov

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I watched my brother slump in his chair after Luna left. I watched how they locked eyes. Luna had been the first to look away, going past the kitchen. And out side, to where ever Hayley had went to.

Klaus had told me what had happened between himself and Luna the other night.

The two had almost kissed. Even asking what they were doing to each other. While this satisfied me, because now I knew of her feelings, this displeased Klaus.

He was disgusted with himself. Repeating how he needed to be more careful around her. Saying that he needed to tighten the reins on this so called beast of his. This time I mostly listened instead of talking like our last conversation. I had overall learned three things.

1. Klaus was scared of his feelings, possibly even terrified. If he could he would try and run away from them. Luna was also scared probably feeling self-conscious (because she thinks she isn't good enough for him)

2. He was going to try and distance himself from her in order to protect her. (In the end it wasn't going to work, because that kind of thing never did). Especially when it came to Luna. He would say that he would stay away but then he would go right back to her the next day. It was almost like gravity. It was impossible to keep them away for long.

3. Klaus was truly undeniably in love with Luna

The way he talked about her. The way he talked about mercilessly killing any one who hurt her. He spoke of wanting to find Abbraxass chain him up and leave Luna alone with him. So she could torture him and get justice for her parents.

He couldn't deny his feelings not anymore. He couldn't lie to himself, and he certainly couldn't lie to me.

He was in love with her. And I didn't know how to help him, or what to tell him. I was having problems of my own in the love department. I didn't want to tell him some thing and it be the wrong thing.

I just told him to follow his instincts. But not to avoid her. Because then she would think that she did some thing wrong. The way he looked at her with so much love in his eyes. It was unmissable. It was undeniable.

I stood up and Klaus looked up at me a slightly surprised expression on his face. I nodded and he sighed getting up following me.

We were now up the stairs. In a hallway, the side with the large window in it. "Elijah why do I feel like I'm loosing my mind." He asked staring at the window. Looking at the snow they had started to melt away, little by little.

"Rebekah is missing. I'm worried for her to. And Luna she's just lost her brother on the day that she found him, she's probably blaming herself." I said because I know I would blame myself to. Even though it wasn't her fault.

"She does blame herself Elijah. Not for just Chris being taken, but Rebekah and Leo to. She told me last night." He said turning to look at me briefly, and then he was back to the window. Staring out of it.

I nodded. Judging by the bags under her eyes and his the two didn't sleep at all last night. I hadn't either. I spent my time awake talking to Marcel about what the best thing would be to do. Go home to the compound or stay here. We had decided that me, Luna, and Klaus would stay. See if we can find out any information about where the three of them were located. While the others would go home. Hayley along with Hope.

We, Marcel and I figured it would be the best thing to do.

"I take it the two of you talked last night." I said fixing the cuffs of my suit jacket. Klaus didn't bother to even look at me this time to answer. "She cried mostly. Saying how every thing was her fault. She apologized to, for Rebekah."

"And what did you say?"

Klaus finally turned to me. His back to the window. A bewildered expression on his face.

"What did you expect me to say Elijah? I comforted her of course. I told her that it was not her fault."

"Which it isn't." He added before turning back to the window. His hands on the glass, looking out.

"Why would you assume that I would blame her?" I asked and he ran his hands through his hair, turning away from the window. "I'm sorry there's just so much going on. I don't know what to do any more. Just when things seem like there getting better, they get worse." He said closing his eyes as he did.

I opened my mouth to say some thing but was interrupted by a phone vibrating. Klaus' phone to be exact. His facial expression twisted in to one of anger. "He is really starting to piss me off." He said shaking his head as he looked at his phone screen.

He was referring to Damon. Who had been blowing Klaus up since 7:00 a.m. in the morning. Wanting updates on Luna, to see if she was alright.

"You can't blame him imagine if you were in his shoes. You would want to know how she was doing every second of the day." I said and he growled before putting the phone in the pocket of his jacket. "Yes but he doesn't love her."

I raised my eye brow at that. Damon loved and cared for Luna, they shared this father and daughter bond. But Damon did love her. That's why he was calling to see if she was okay. "He does love her, why else would he be calling."

Klaus leaned against the wall. Folding his arms against his chest. Shaking his head as he looked at me. Looking offended at what I had said. "Not as much as I do."

I nodded now understanding what he had meant.

"I have to go and talk to Damon would you mind waiting here until I get back. I need your opinion on some thing." He said before vamping away the phone already in his hands.

It seemed funny almost how fast things were changing. One minute Hayley and I were okay. Then the next we became closer. Impossibly close. Even sleeping together. And now in the present time we were further apart than we had ever been before. I knew that if I confessed my love for her I would only make things worse for her. I didn't want to do that. So I decided that I was going to suffer in silence, like I always did. And when the time was right. I would tell her. I had to wait. Even though it killed me.

I wondered who was going to do it first. Me or Klaus. We both had to tell the two of them eventually. And at this rate with my reluctance and his fear over taking every thing it wasn't going to happen any time soon.

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Klaus Pov

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"Damon if you call me one more time I am going to have to drive my phone through your heart." I said in the room I shared with Elijah. I couldn't go out side because that's where Hayley and Luna were.

"Look I'm sorry I'm just worried about her-" He started out saying but I interrupted him. "I know but she is fine. You know that if any thing were to happen to her you would be the first person I would call." I said speaking out of honesty. Not that I planned that any thing was going to happen to her. Because nothing was going to happen. Over my dead body. Maybe not even then.

"Even if it's the smallest thing, if she spills coffee on herself I want to know about it." He said and I sighed starting to pace again. This day couldn't get any worse.

"Of course Damon." I said and I heard him sigh. He sounded tired like me. He was probably up all night worrying about Luna. "How are things at your end?"

"Oh they are just great. Don't tell Luna this but I almost died." He replied answering my question. "And how did you manage that?" I asked did Abbraxas find him? If Damon died because of Abbraxas then that would destroy Luna. Abbraxas has already killed off two of her parents, he couldn't do it a third time. And besides some times Damon was fun to be around, especially whenever you were fighting some one. And I happened to be doing that quite a lot.

"Joesette's crazy twin brother's girl friend. She attacked me for no reason. And she was going to kill me but then Cami got to her first."

"Cami killed her?" I asked surprised. Cami seemed like a softer person, like Davina. I didn't know she was capable of such things. But when the ones you loved were in danger, things changed, people changed.

"I have to go could you please call me later." He said his tone strained. If some one didn't kill him all of this stress was going to.

"Yes of course just be careful. I don't think she can handle losing any one else she cares about." I said and Damon grunted before hanging up. He was to, upset over Rebekah, Chris, and Leo. I put my phone back in my pocket.

Planning on doing what he had asked me to.

I missed my sister. I missed the angel Leo. I missed Luna's brother Chris. He told the best stories. He was easy to get along with, he seemed to share that trait with his sister. I wanted to get him back for her, Luna. So she wouldn't be miserable any more. I wanted to get them all back.

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Davina Pov

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I looked over at Kol he was frowning. And I knew the reason why that was, I wore the same expression on my own face. I could hear them. Hayley and Luna as they argued outside.

Though I was sure he could hear better than I could.

I couldn't help but feel that this, that them fighting was all my fault. I was the one who had approached Hayley with this marriage/werewolf binding ritual thing. It wasn't a spell it was more of a story. A legend according to Ansel. A legend that had the possibility of being true. Regardless I should have never showed it to her. Maybe then things would be different. Things would be better. For one thing I was sure that they wouldn't be fighting.

Hayley was the kind of person willing to do any thing for the people she cared about. Her pack. And she had it in her mind that she could convince Jackson to do this and then she could protect Hope and Luna. And that was great except Hayley would have to marry Jackson. That's what Ansel had said. And it would be better if there were two. The pack would benefit even more if Luna married Jake, and if Hayely married Jackson. The pack would gain the girls' ability to shift when they wanted to. The pack would also gain Luna's powers.

Luna was stubborn. Luna was the kind of person to not bow down. And when she said that she didn't want to do some thing, she didn't. She hated being told what to do. She especially hated it when some one tried to control her. She had once told me that it reminded her of the witches. And all of the things they would do to her if she didn't listen to some thing they had said. She didn't like to talk about it much. And I didn't push her.

Kol had put his hand on mine trying to comfort me. It usually worked on every other day but now it wasn't. At this moment nothing could make me feel alright.

"Oh you are so childish!" Hayley said after coming in the house. She walked past the kitchen her face as red as Luna's. It didn't look like it was from the cold either. My heart jumped in to my throat, knowing I was the cause of all of this. Luna, who was following closely behind her. Looking absolutely furious, a lot angrier than Hayley was.

"Get Hope in the car." Hayley said not bothering to even look at Marcel as she said this. He looked at me, Josh, Ansel and then to Kol before grabbing Hope (gently) and vamping out of the room. Where as me, Kol, Ansel, and Josh stood looking between the two. I wished that Elijah and Klaus were in the room maybe they wouldn't be fighting like this if they were.

"Me childish really? If any thing I am handling this maturely! And if you want to bring up age I'm not ever 18 yet !" Luna yelled back in her defiant tone. Hayley rolled her eyes. "You aren't being fair?"

Luna stepped back looking appalled. I grabbed Kol's hand held on to it. Squeezing it for support. This was hard to watch. Thank fully I wasn't alone, I had Kol, Ansel, and Josh.

"Me, I'm not being fair. You want to talk about not being fair Hayley. How about I go behind your back and make decisions that involve you, life changing decisions and not tell you!"

At that moment in time Klaus and Elijah walked down the stairs. And in to the kitchen. The two, Hayley and Luna didn't even look their way. I winced seeing them glare at each other. A silence falling over the room. I felt sick.

"Luna it's for the pack. Your family. Our family." Hayley said in a softer voice all though it was hoarse from all the yelling she had been doing. "For the pack. Right. Because nothing else matters. My opinions and my feelings don't matter to you or any one else. I'm suppose to just sacrifice, give up my life, and be happy while doing it." Luna said and I flinched.

Thinking over and over again how all of this was my fault. I had started this fight. From now on I was going to have to learn to keep my mouth shut about things like this. I've never felt more ashamed in my life. I had caused this. And I hated my self because of it.

It made me sick watching them go back and fourth like this.

"Some times you have to make sacrifices for the people you love." Hayley said breaking the silence that had once again settled in to the room. "This is one sacrifice I won't make." Luna said before turning to leave but Hayley grabbed her arm.

"Luna please think about this. It's not that big of a deal. It's been done before. Don't be so dramatic." Hayley said her tone becoming soft and more pleading. But Luna visibly bristled up. Hayley's words to her made her more angry if possible.

"I have thought about it. And it might not be a big deal to you but being tied, binded to some one it is a big deal to me." Luna said and I noticed that her eyes were watery. A sure sign that she was about to cry. I could practically read the emotions on her face, and hear them in her voice from knowing her so long. She was angry, sad, hurt, betrayed, and tired among other things.

"I know it's a lot to ask but you won't be alone." Hayley said putting her hand on Luna's shoulder. Attempting to comfort her.

But Luna being as angry, hurt, and betrayed as she shook it off. Saying the four worded sentence that would make every one in the room flinch. Even though Kol and I were the ones who knew what they were really arguing about.

"I would rather die."

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Third Person Pov

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Shortly after Luna had said that Hayley had left with both Hope and Marcel in the car with her. With out saying goodbye, not to Luna, not to any one. Still furious at what her sister had said. She would even go as far to say that she had been hurt by it. Hayley had thought that her sister was being dramatic. But if she looked at the situation from Luna's side she could understand her reaction. Understand some of her feelings.

But Hayley was also hurt. Hurt that Luna had acted that way. That she would rather die. But could she really blame her. She was asking a lot. She was asking Luna to marry Jake for the pack, so the pack could be stronger. So the pack could be able to protect both Luna and Hope. So they wouldn't be able to be touched.

To Luna, Hayley was being selfish expecting her to just go along with all of it.

To Hayley Luna wasn't being fair or open about the whole situation.

Josh, Davina, Kol, and Ansel were leaving. Saying their good byes to the three that were staying. Luna, Elijah, and Klaus.

Luna was struggling. That much was obvious to every one.

Luna couldn't get over the fact that Hayley hadn't told her good bye. Not even a hug. She just left. Leaving Luna heart broken. If some thing happened to Luna, or if some thing happened to Hayley the last thing they would have done together is fight.

Luna was angry. For yelling, and fighting with her sister. Though she had promised herself that she wouldn't. And she was angry at Hayley. For even suggesting that she could and should marry Jake for the benefit of the pack. To disregard her feelings, her life so that the pack could be stronger. So the pack could thrive while she suffered. It wasn't fair. To make matters worse Hayley had already called Jackson and told him. He seemed open to the idea, (why wouldn't he be) if it would work of course.

And Luna was angry for being angry in the first place. She felt embarrassed. Klaus had been in the room when she was fighting with Hayley. She knew that he was probably disappointed in her. And that seemed to break her heart just a little more.

"Hey she's just stressed out right now. She's worried about you and every thing. She is trying to do what's best for you." Josh said while hugging Luna. "Don't be mad." He added after he pulled away.

Luna shook her head "I am not angry." Josh nodded even though he knew she was lying. He did not want to push her though. She was at her breaking point, on the edge.

"Well I love you and I'll see you soon." Josh said hugging her for the last time before leaving. They were all gone now. Leaving Klaus, Elijah, and Luna alone in the house.

Elijah and Klaus were in the living room. As was Luna. The two men would occasionally try to start a conversation but it would die off quickly. Either because Luna wouldn't respond or she would give one-worded answers.

Luna stood up then catching the men's attention. With out so much as a glance back she left. Klaus winced as she walked up the stairs. Quickly at that. Elijah could see that he was fighting himself about what he could only guess. But he could like Klaus smell the salt in the air. The kind of salty smell that was associated with crying. And since Klaus and Elijah weren't crying that meant one thing. Luna was crying. And Elijah could see that it was eating his brother up on the inside knowing this. Both of the men could hear her faintly sobbing. Elijah realized that it wouldn't be long before Klaus lost his mind just by hearing her.

Klaus stood up. Elijah knew where he was going, who he was going to but he stopped him. "She needs some time brother. What ever Hayley and her were fighting about it seemed to really have affected her." Elijah said trying to rationalize with him. Klaus sat back down his head was now in his hands rocking back and fourth. He stayed like that for five minutes before placing his hands on his ears.

Though the sound of he crying could still be herd. Elijah knew it would only be a matter of time.

"Elijah I can't." Klaus said before getting up. Elijah watched as his brother left. Going in the direction Luna had. But much faster. He moved his feet with a purpose. With urgency. He had some where to be. Some one to comfort.

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Luna Pov

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I couldn't take it. Just sitting there. I couldn't take Elijah's sympathetic looks that he would shoot me every so often. I couldn't handle the silence. This house was to big to only have three people inside.

I had to leave.

As soon as I made it to me and Hayley's room (well my room now) I got out a bag and started packing. Clothes, cash, grimores, things I would need for locator spells, only the essentials. I didn't bother to hold the tears back what was the point any more? I was leaving. Going off to find Chris, Leo, and Rebekah on my own. I was going to do this alone. So that no body else would be hurt or taken because of me. I was going to have to remove myself from the picture.

A picture that didn't involve Klaus or any one else. A picture that involved me, myself, and I. That was it.

I hated it. It was hard, packing every thing. Thinking about what to take and what not to take. But I had to do it, for them. I had to keep Klaus and every one else safe by removing myself completely from the equation. If I left than that equaled no one else getting hurt. Problem solved.

Soon the bag was filled with every thing I would need. I paused my finger tips touching the zipper. Feeling a cold shock go through my body as I did. How was I going to get out of the house with out Klaus and Elijah knowing? It was going to be damn near impossible It had to be done. I shivered thinking about what would happen if they caught me. They didn't understand. I had to do this, I didn't have any other options or any more choices left.

Should I write a letter to Klaus, and to every one else. It was likely that I was never going to see him or any one else again. That's when it hit me. Hard in the chest. Like some one had hit me there, right where the heart was. It felt like the air had been knocked out of my lungs. I could feel my heart just break. Just crack along the edges slowly. Painfully. The emptiness sinking in. I was going to have to get used to that feeling again. Because I was leaving.

I was leaving him and every one else. I kneeled to the ground my head in my hands. My world was crumbling around me. Not even the ground was stable underneath me any more. I had promised my self that I would do what ever it takes to find them. But was I really prepared to risk it all? Could I make it out alone? Would I ever find Rebekah, Chris, and Leo? Could I really leave him?

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Marcel Pov

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"Do you think I was being to hard on her?" I looked up and turned to Hayley. She was driving. Driving us back to New Orleans back to the compound. Along with Josh, Davina, and Kol. But they were in a separate car.

All this time we had been riding in silence. Hope was in the back. In her car seat sound asleep. I was sitting in the passengers seat, since Hayley had wanted to drive. But I didn't mind. She probably needed some thing to do to occupy her time, with how angry and frustrated she was.

"What were the two of you arguing about any way?" I asked not knowing the answer. I wanted to. So I could know what was wrong and what was going on. Why Luna had been so upset. "Binding and Marriage."

If I would have been drinking some thing I would have spit it out after hearing that. Luckily I hadn't been. Binding that's not really an ideal situation. It's an often dangerous one at that. Some times this binding thing tended to end in a lot of people dying. Marriage that's even worse. Klaus wouldn't allow it, and Damon sure as hell wouldn't either. And Luna's brother Chris would have flipped out. Marriage and binding weren't a good thing, especially if it involved Luna and Hayley because it most certainly would include Jake and Jackson. What ever this was involved the pack. Well what was left of it.

"Marriage?" I said turning to look at Hayley who sighed nodding. "Yeah. And I asked her if she would marry Jake for the pack. So that the pack could grown stronger, and we would grow in numbers."

I said nothing so she continued. Explaining more about the pack and every thing. Mean while my mind racing, grow in numbers? That could mean a lot of things. Babies would be popping out every where in the pack. Or the would regain the numbers that they had lost to Ester. Hopefully it would be the second option. The last thing I wanted was more kids getting hurt. As I was thinking she was speaking. I was happy to have managed both listening and thinking, some times being a vampire was good.

"I told her that I would marry Jackson to. And then the pack could gain both of our abilities. Our ability to change in to our wolf forms when ever we want. Her witch powers. Our lives would be better." Hayley said and I nodded now understanding how huge this could be. But how much of a problem it would cause. Sure it would be great for the pack. But that would be a lot to sacrifice for Luna and for Hayley. I didn't want either one of them to consider this. It was crazy to even think about it. Luna wasn't even 18 yet, her father would kill me if I even let her think about getting married. Madeline would torture me.

"Then there's the binding. We, me and Luna would basically be tied to Jackson, Jake, and pack forever." I exhaled now understanding why Luna had been so angry. Well pissed really. Because I would have been to. I wanted to see the look on Klaus' face once he found out about this. Hopefully he wouldn't find out, because that could be bad for every body. I could imagine it though. The fury on his face.

"Yes Hayley I think you were hard on her." I said and she turned to glare at me. But I stared back not intimidated like some one else would have been. "What would you like me to lie." I said and she sighed shaking her head. "No it's just I thought that you might be on my side."

I shook my head turning to her. "Hayley this isn't about sides. It's about the fact that Luna feels betrayed and hurt by your actions. And she is scared. If you forgot Luna not that long ago just got her freedom. She was able to make her own decisions and choices for once. And now you tell her that she has to be tied to some one for the rest of her life. Not to mention Rebekah, Chris, and Leo were kidnapped last night. The man who killed you guys' parents is out there alive. She was up all night."

"All night. How do you know she was in her room?" Hayley asked and I shook my head. Did she not realize that Klaus and Luna had been together. Then again she was pretty preoccupied with setting up search parties for the three (Rebekah, Chris, Leo).

"Klaus told me. He was up all night to with her." I said watching her reaction to see if she would disapprove. How ever I was surprised to see that she looked relieved.

"Good, she needs some one that can comfort her and be there for her who she doesn't hate." Hayley said.

"She doesn't hate you." I said and she looked away from me and to her window. Shaking her head. "Yes she does. You should have seen the way she was looking at me."

Her voice was laced with disgust. Probably disgusted at the fact that she had fought Luna in the first place. Luna probably felt the same way. I knew I would be. If she hadn't been at her breaking point before she was now. When some one was pushed to their breaking point things never ended well.

"Hayley she's just going through a lot right now." I said and Hayley turned to me. With tear stained cheeks. That had been why she was avoiding looking at me. "What could she possibly be going through?" She asked pulling over to the side of the road.

"Growing up for one thing. I think every one seems to forget that she's is still a teenager. She just found out she has a brother, two actually but one died. And as soon as she meets him he gets kidnapped. All of that on her first Christmas." I said and Hayley turned off the car before putting her head on the steering wheel. "What I am going to do? I can't believe I asked her that without thinking? Thinking that she would just go along with it. I am the worst sister in the whole world." Hayley said.

I leaned back in my seat. Putting my hands behind my head. "You are not the worst sister in the world. You're one of the best sisters I've ever seen. And the only thing you can do is apologize." I said putting my hand on her shoulder. Trying to comfort her. She leaned on to me. Putting her head on my shoulder. "That's not enough to make up for all of the things I said."

I nodded my head. Agreeing with her. Rubbing her shoulder, trying to comfort her. "Yeah but it's a start."

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Luna Pov

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"Going some where."

I looked up from my hands, and sat up. He was standing in the door way his arms folded tightly on to his chest. I felt sick. That could only mean one thing. He had saw the bag, the bag that I had packed. That's what he had meant when he had said 'going some where'.

He knew I was leaving, or at least trying to. There was no way I was going to able to do it now. Why did he look so mad?

No that wasn't the question. How could he be mad and still look so good?

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Klaus Pov

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"I can't believe you." I said shaking my head as I did. Luna had picked herself up off of the floor at my arrival. I suspected that she had been there a while crying. That bothered me. It bothered me a lot. I should have been here to comfort her. To hold her as she cried.

"What are you thinking?" I asked wanting to get an answer out of her. Because she wasn't responding to any thing I was saying. And I had said quite a lot. She was turned away from me looking out of the window. I ran my hands through my hair. All of the silence was killing me. I wanted to know what was going on in her head. Needed to know.I had to make sure that she wasn't going to do some thing crazy. So she wouldn't do some thing reckless that could possibly get her killed. And in order to do that I had to talk to her, and she had to talk back. Which she wasn't doing. It was rather odd. She always talked to me, some thing was different. Ever since last night things had been, and things were different between us. And they would be for ever. It was either a good thing or a bad thing. I couldn't tell.

"Luna please talk to me." I said walking to the other side of the window. Opposite to where she was. I didn't think it would be the best thing to be close to her. After what almost happened last night. And I knew that I was being selfish. For wanting to do it again. For wanting her. I couldn't hide or ignore the fact that I was a man. And a beast. I had impulses. And some times it was hard to hide what I was really thinking and what I was really feeling when I was around her.

"What would you like me to say." She said turning to me finally. She looked bad. Her cheeks were red, and tear stained from all the crying she had been doing. Her eyes had dark circles under them. It hurt me, to see her like this. To see her so lost and suffering. In pain. I should have been here. With her. To hold her, to comfort her. I wanted to help her. Make the pain go away some how. I just didn't know how.

She then moved away from the window. Grabbing the bag that lay on the floor. "I'm sorry, I can't."

"Where are you going." I asked vamping in front of her. I didn't like it. All this talk of leaving. I got angry when I saw the bag. Her bag packed. It twisted my insides thinking, imagining being here with out her. I didn't know where I'd be. She stopped walking forward startled by my sudden appearance in front of her. "I have to leave." She said looking away from me again. "And why do you have to leave?" I asked wincing at the word as I said it. The thought of her leaving crossing my mind again. I had already lost Rebekah, my little sister. I was not going to lose her to. Luna had to remain here so I could protect her.

"So I can find Rebekah, Chris, and Leo." She said as if it made perfect since. To her it probably did. But to me it didn't. It was like she was speaking some foreign language when she talked of leaving. "Yes but you do realize that I can help you, along with Elijah." I said and Luna shook her head at my sentence.

"No I have to do this alone. With out help." I grimaced closing my eyes. Luna being alone was not a good idea. In fact it was a terrible one.

"I am here for you. Elijah is here for you. We can help you." I said putting my hand on her shoulder. Trying to comfort her. But she shook it off. I ignored the pang in my chest at that. It shocked me. She's never done that before. Maybe that's why it hurt so much more.

Luna tried to walk past me but I grabbed her arm. Gently of course. I had to do some thing to stop her. She couldn't leave. Not just because I didn't want her to but I needed to keep her safe. And in order to do that she had to stay with me. "Klaus it's not worth the risk. It's to dangerous." She said brushing past me again. That hurt. Hurt like some one stuck a knife through my chest. I had felt that before. Experienced it first hand even. I think I would take the actual knife in my heart than have her brush past me or reject me again.

"Yes it is worth the risk. You are worth the risk. And what is to dangerous?" I asked as she walked past me to the door, the bag in hand. I didn't try to stop her this time. Not knowing if I could handle her rejection to my attempts at comforting her. "I am dangerous." I couldn't help but chuckle at that. She turned to look at me glaring slightly. Looking like Hayley the way her eye brows were raised.

"Of course you are." I said holding my hands up in a defensive position. She shook her head turning around, away from me. Walking again. To the down stairs. I followed her. Hopefully Elijah would be able to help me convince her that she was wrong and that she could stay. I wasn't enough.

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Elijah Pov

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"What is going on?" I asked walking in to the room. I heard foot steps and voices so I decided to go see what was going on. I had just gotten off of the phone with Alaric.

When I walked in to the room Luna had her hand on the door nob, and Klaus had his body angled towards her.

"I'm leaving." Luna said looking at Klaus as she said this before looking at me. I saw my brother visibly tense at the word 'leaving'. I did to. Not liking the sound of the word. I didn't much like that word either.

"Leaving?" I asked wanting her to elaborate. Klaus sighed putting his hand on the door. Which Luna had tried to open a few moments ago, to leave. But his hand prevented her from doing so. "Luna thinks that she is a danger to us." Klaus said gesturing to himself and me. I frowned at that. If any thing we were a danger to her not the other way around. "Is that true?" I asked looking at Luna. She nodded. "Yes. Last night that man came because of me. He took Rebekah, Chris, and Leo because of me." She said her voice shaking.

"Luna you have no way of knowing that." I said but she shook her head. "It's not that hard to figure out. He murdered my parents. And now he wanted to finish what he started."

"If I stay here any longer there is a chance that he'll come back and take you or Klaus." Luna said looking between me and my brother as she spoke. "I can't let that happen, not again."

Klaus slammed his hand on the door. Causing Luna to jump startled. "Forget it! It's not happening! You are not going any where!" He yelled. "I am trying to protect you." She said her voice raised. She wasn't yelling but she was close to it. That is the first time I've ever heard either of them raise there voices at each other.

"I don't need protection, I can take care of myself." Luna said using that defiant tone, that her and her sister shared. "Well your not going any where without me or Elijah." He said and Luna glared at him. "It's for your own good." Klaus said causing Luna to shake her head. "I don't want you or any one else to get hurt because of me. So if I remove myself from the equation than that equals no body else getting hurt or taken." Luna said. Reaching for the door again. Klaus removed his hand from the door. Placing himself in front of the door instead. Now blocking the door completely from her. Luna stepped back.

"You are not leaving me. You promised me that you would stay." Klaus said causing Luna to sigh as she put her head in her hands. "I know I promised you Klaus, I just don't want you to get hurt."

Klaus removed him self from the door. Walking over to Luna. She stayed where she was. The bag still in her hand. "If I get hurt, I can heal. I can't be killed love I am the original hybrid. I don't want you to leave. I'm sorry for yelling at you, I just don't want to lose you to." He said and Luna looked up at him. Before wrapping her arms around his torso. "It's okay." She said whispering almost.

It was strange how the two of them acted. First they were almost yelling if not yelling at each other. And now they were embracing. They were perfect for each other.

He looked down at her, surprised. Probably by her hug. He returned it nonetheless.

Luna then stood up and kissed him on the cheek before turning around picking up her bag and leaving. Going to the direction of the upstairs.

There was a silence in the room before Klaus broke it. "I suppose this means that she is staying." He said turning to me. His face flushed. I smiled never seeing him like this before. When ever he had been around Aurora he hadn't been like this. He had never blushed. It was some thing only Luna could get him to do. It was sweet really.

"Yes. She is going to be with us for a long time." I said and Klaus nodded. It looked like a huge weight had been lifted off of his shoulders. "Did you ever find out what her and Hayley were fighting about?" I asked and Klaus shook his head. "No, but by the sound of things it has some thing to do with the pack." He said and I nodded. Hopefully it didn't have any thing to do with Jake and Jackson. Because if it involved those to. Things were about to get dramatic. And impossibly more, how can you say, complicated...

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Jackson Pov

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After getting off of the phone with Hayley I decided that it was time to go see Jake my younger brother. It's been a while since I've seen him. He hasn't been himself lately. Not since Luna left.

He's gone back to his old self. Sleeping all day, staying up all night, drinking, medicating himself. When Luna came in to his life he had cleaned him self up. He had stopped all of it. Every thing for her. He wanted to be better for her. And now that she was gone he's given up.

We haven't been able to get back in to the bayou. Not since Ester's army had taken it for there own. I stayed in the hotel, and Jake. Jake spent his days and nights in and out of bars. He's been in the hospital twice.

I try to find him. Make sure that he's eating actual food, and not just living off of tequila. He would yell at me. Tell me how much of a horrible person, a horrible brother, and a horrible pack leader. I knew that none of those things were true.

I wasn't a bad person. I wasn't great, but I knew I was decent. Likable even.

I wasn't a bad brother. I was the only reason that he was still alive. No thanks to Luna. He was suffering because she was gone. I had to be mad at her for that. She couldn't even pick up the phone or even right a letter. At least that's what I thought before Hayley called for the second time. And that's when I realized that it was not Luna's fault that Jake, my little brother was like this. It was because of himself. Because he had went back to his old ways. And Luna was not the one to blame.

Sure I wasn't one of the greatest pack leaders in all history but I wasn't horrible at it. Most of the pack was gone. Thanks to the mother of the Mikealsons. I didn't blame them, not any more. As much as I hated to admit it not every thing was their fault. But they had went to her, most of them. They sided with her, because of the power she offered them. The ability to change on will, with out a full moon. That is some thing she offered among other things.

The first conversation I had with Hayley today could be life changing. If it would actually work.

Sure that situation wasn't ideal. Me marrying Hayley, and Luna marrying Jake. I wasn't so sure about Luna and Jake. Luna didn't seem like the kind of type of girl that could be tied down to some one. To be committed, binded to forever. But one of them Hayley and Luna was going to have to marry either me or Jake for this to work.

I didn't want it to be this way. I didn't want it to end like this. Yes there had been no denying it. Marrying Hayley would be a dream come true. But it wouldn't be what she wanted. I knew that she cared about me. But she didn't love me. If we were to marry I wanted her to love me. But what choice did I really have. I had to do this for the pack.

I just had to get Jake on board with this. So he could help me. I couldn't do it alone. I needed my brother to be standing beside me.

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Elijah Pov

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"Luna sweetie why don't you go and lie down." I said ignoring the look Klaus gave me when I had said 'sweetie'. I was being harmless besides I usually called her that like Damon did. Klaus never glared at Damon like that when he said it.

"I'm fine Elijah I'm just a little tired." She replied putting her head on her arm. Me and Klaus had just finished eating. While Luna didn't. Klaus had 'freaked' out at this, but I told him to relax. And he did. But that didn't mean that he was happy about it.

Luna had been doing magic. A locator spell to be specific. But every time she did it failed. And the effort was draining her of her energy. She was losing her patience. It was hard to watch.

She even had resorted to getting out a map. A map of the world to be exact. She knelt on the floor. Next to the table where the map lied. She had a crystal wrapped around her hand. She had been holding her arm in that position for at least an hour. The crystal swung around the map not because she was moving it but because her magic was.

Luna like the two of us (me and Klaus) were watching as the crystal began to move wildly across the map. Swinging and spinning faster and faster. Both me and Klaus were on the couch a glass of bourbon in hand.

The crystal flew out of Luna's strong and steady hands. On to the floor where it slid on the wood until it was stopped by the wall.

Luna groaned pulling at her hair. Getting frustrated. She held out her hand and the crystal that she had been using flew back in to her hands. "Damnit." She said standing up causing Klaus to do so also. His half empty glass of bourbon lay on the table. "What it it?" Klaus asked his posture tense although his voice was laced with concern.

Luna said nothing. She held up the necklace. The crystal was cracked, broken. It was now useless. "This is the third time this had happened." She said gesturing to the crystal. Klaus took the broken necklace from her and put it in the trash. He now had her hand leading her to the couch. "Love I think you've been on this long enough. It's time for a break."

She said nothing. Usually if he suggested that she took a break she would object. But before she wasn't as tired as she was.

She sat down on the couch between me and Klaus. With her head leaned back and her arms folded over her chest. I had thought that she had went to sleep but occasionally she would tap her foot.

"Why don't you go to sleep now and then you can work on finding them later." I said and Luna's eyes opened. She shook her head closing them again. "No I can't sleep and besides I need to find them as soon as possible who knows what their doing to them." She said shivering as she did.

"Are you cold?" I asked and Luna shook her head, this time 'yes' instead of 'no' like it had been before. "It keeps me awake."

"Why do you want to stay awake. Maybe if you slept and had a dream you could find them." I said and idea poping in to my head. Luna sighed opening her eyes and then closing them again. "Bad dreams."

Klaus who had been looking at her all this time scooted closer to her. Yet again ignoring the fact that he had said that he was going to keep his distance. He needed to stop saying such things.

"Bad dreams?" He questioned and Luna nodded. Putting a piece of hair behind her ear. "Yeah some times. But then most of the time they are memories."

"Memories?" I questioned now feeling more worried than I was before. Memories were not a good thing. Not when they could be twisted by the likes of Ester or some deranged witch. Memories weren't very comforting. I knew that they wouldn't be as such for Luna. Spending it in a cave most of her life surrounded by people who hated her. Her bad dreams sounded more like night mares to me.

Luna nodded her eyes now open. Looking alert.

"What they used to do to me the witches. They burned me, they cut me, they beat me, among other things." She said and Klaus tensed up of course he would. I did to. It was remarkable that she survived. Poor girl. She didn't deserve any of it. Luna was a good person, for once why couldn't the bad things, the awful things happen to the bad people instead of the good ones. Then again the world didn't work that way. Every thing was usually backwards.

"And in your dreams you remember these things." Klaus said and Luna nodded. "I can feel them to. I wake up some times and I expect to have bruises and to be bloody. But nothing is there. I can feel it, just like it was yesterday."

It was a shame, for any one to go through that. I wasn't going to let that happen to her again. I was sure Klaus was thinking the same thing.

"They used to take away my memories or block them. So that I wouldn't remember what they did to me." She said and I shook my head drinking my bourbon.

"I killed people." Luna said looking at her hands as she spoke.

"Luna-" Klaus began but she held up a hand to stop him. "Back in the caves. They would bring me some one, some supernatural that was enemy to them. They would make me kill them. Or they would torture me, and if I still refused they would torture them to and make me watch. Then they would kill them in front of me."

The room was silent nothing more than breathing and the crackling fire in the fireplace that we had been sitting in front of.

"That's why you haven't been sleeping lately?" I said and she nodded. Leaning back again and closing her eyes.

We watched as her chest began to rise slower and slower. Her breathing becoming more even. Her heart beat slowing to a steady pace. She was sleeping.

Klaus reached out his hand, possibly to wake her up but I stopped him. Shaking my head as I did. "No let her sleep she's going to need it." I said causing Klaus to glare at me.

"If you did not just hear explain why she doesn't like to sleep let me remind you. She remembers what they did to her. I will not let her re-live that again. She has had enough pain today." He said looking at Luna as he spoke before turning to me. I put my hand on his shoulder. "If she doesn't get sleep than it will only make things worse." I said trying to rationalize with him.

"Why don't you take her to her room." I said and Klaus begrudgingly nodded. I suppose that he still wanted to wake her up. I did to. But the girl needed her sleep. And I think he knew that. So she could build up her strength and her energy for tomorrow.

Klaus picked her up gently of course. Her head on his chest, his hand cradling it. And we walked up the stairs together. In silence. He put her in her bed. After tucking her in and kissing her on her forehead we went back in to the living room.

We talked of many things. Well mainly two. Luna and Hayley.

I was sure that we fell asleep talking. But I didn't mind. Every thing was fine. Luna was safe for now, as was Hayley and Hope, our friends, and our family. That was all that mattered at least right now.

Jake Pov

"What do you want?" I asked my brother. I wasn't in the mood to seen him or any one else. Not if they were Luna.

I stopped caring about any thing when she left. I just gave up. What was the point any more? I didn't have a reason to live? Now that she was gone...

"I came to talk to you some thing Jake, and I know you don't really care right now but it involves Luna." My head snapped up at her name. I detached myself from the booth I had been siting at by myself. It was hard to do since I was surrounded by empty bottles of vodka and every other drink that this bar sold.

I put my hands on my brothers shoulders shaking them. "Is she okay? Did some thing happen to her?" I asked and he looked at me a disgrunted expression on his face. Like I was crazy or some thing. I didn't care. I wanted, needed to know if she was okay.

He detached my hands from off of his shoulders. "She is fine but some thing is coming. And it's coming for her and Hayley. There is a way we can protect them. It's not an ideal situation."

"What is it?" I asked not caring. If I had to die, sacrifice myself to protect Luna I would do it. With out a second thought.

"That's even if she'll do it. It's not exactly a guarantee-" Jackson said but I yelled the anticipation killing me. "What is it?! Damnit, I am really not in the mood for your lectures!"

He rolled his eyes and dragged me out of the bar. My yelling had caught every one's attention in the bar. He supported most of my weight, since my legs couldn't really carry me right now.

"Look there is a possibility that we will be able to get our pack back, even bigger than before."

"How?" I asked lighting a cigarette. When I couldn't drink I smoked. And when I couldn't smoke I drinked. And when I couldn't drink or smoke I took pills. And when I couldn't do any of those three things I slept. It was a constant cycle that I repeated.

"I might have to marry Hayley and you might have to marry Luna. If this is to work."

I exhaled, the smoke making it look like there was fog between me and Jackson. "That sounds like a bad idea." I said and Jackson nodded. "I know but do we really have any choice?"

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Luna Pov

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I sighed turning over my side. I paused, confused. Shouldn't I be on the floor by now. The last thing I remember is falling asleep on the couch, sitting between Klaus and Elijah. We talked. About my bad dreams, my memories really. I had gotten frustrated with the crystal because it wasn't working. I was frustrated with the fact that I couldn't find them. Then Klaus had led me over the couch, saying that I should take a break, and relax.

And that is exactly what I did. I relaxed so hard that I fell asleep. I was a little disappointed in my self. All this time I could have been working to find them...

I exhaled calmly. It was okay. I needed to live with the fact that it was going to be a while before I found them. So in the mean time I should just take my time. And do every thing calmly. Because there was no room for mistakes. Lives were at stake.

I opened my eyes and looked around. Smiling a little as I did, seeing the gift Klaus had painted me. Me and my mother in a field of flowers.

I was in my room. I wondered who had carried me. I stretched before getting out of my bed. I winced promising to never fall asleep in jeans again. Especially tight ones like these had been.

I didn't think we were going any where to day. So I decided to lose the tight outfit style I had going on. Today I was going to dress cute but comfortable. I think Rebekah had drilled what was cute in to my head.

I peeled the blue colored shirt off of me and through it on the floor. Pulled off the jeans, (which took longer than expected no surprise there). I turned around now just in my bra and under wear. I walked over to the dresser after not finding any thing I wanted to wear in the closet. Jeans were not going to cut it today.

In my dresser I found a pair of shorts. They were shorter than I was used to wearing. They were maroon colored. They had little patterns on them that were lightly colored. They stood out against the dark back ground. They remind me of a pair of shorts Davina had loved to wear, except hers had been blue. These were soft, cotton. They were perfect. I put those on satisfied with the way they felt.

I grabbed a tank top from my dresser. It was a little whiter than the cardigan but I didn't think it would matter much. I had my heart necklace on so every thing was complete well except my hair.

Surprisingly it had survived last night. Still in the high pony tail. I took it out groaning with how frizzy it was. Under the faucet it was then.

After getting my hair wet, and re-applying my usual conditioner I was satisfied with the out come. My hair still damp was in a braid. I had a few pieces of hair hanging loose though.

I put on my usual pink lip gloss and walked down the stairs. Ready for what ever was going to come my way. I knew that today was going to be a lot better than yesterday.

"Good morning Elijah." I said noticing him sitting at the table. A cup of blood in his hands. "Good morning Luna you seem to be in a better mood than you were in yesterday." He replied back in a cheerful tone. I smiled sitting across form him after getting a bowl of cereal.

"You look lovely today." He said and I smiled shrugging. "Oh this is nothing. Just some thing comfortable."

"Where's Klaus?" I asked looking around not seeing him. Elijah smiled in to his cup causing me to raise me eye brows. What could he be smiling about? Did he know some thing I didn't? Probably he's Elijah, he knows every thing.

"Outside painting." I nodded.

"Luna may I ask you some thing?" Elijah said and I nodded. Getting up to go put my bowl in the sink. I washed what I used and put it on the rack to dry.

"Sure what is it." I asked taking back my seat at the table. "What were you and Hayley arguing about?" I sighed playing with the end of my braid. Of course he was going to ask that. I was waiting for him to. But I had to make him promise some thing to me first. I knew that it wouldn't be broken, because a promise meant some thing to Elijah.

"I'll tell you but first you have to promise me some thing." I said and Elijah nodded. Taking a drink from his cup.

"You can't tell Klaus." I said and Elijah's eye's widened at that. I couldn't blame him. It was a strange request. Maybe he would understand after I told him.

"And why can't I tell him about this?" He asked and I frowned thinking of how to awnser that. "You'll know why when I tell you." I said not being able to come up with any thing else, with out giving to much away.

"Hayley wants me to marry Jake for the pack." I said and Elijah coughed joking on what he had been drinking. I winced only imagining what Klaus' reaction would be.

"And she wants to marry Jackson." I said continuing. Elijah had stopped coughing but he still looked uneasy. "That's what you were arguing about." He said and I nodded.

"And you said that you would rather die." I nodded. "I would rather die than be tied some one. To be tied with any one or any thing ever again. This freedom that I have, I don't want it to be taken from me."

Elijah nodded patting me on the shoulder, standing up from his chair. "You will have to tell him. So that he'll understand. He doesn't like being kept in the dark." I sighed standing up with him.

"I know I just don't know when or how to do it." I said as I followed Elijah throughout the house. "Do it like you did just now." He said and I shook my head. "He's not you Elijah. And I don't know how he'll react."

Elijah sighed stopping at the door way. I stopped with him. Although my mind hadn't. It stayed racing, like my heart beat. Thinking about what Klaus would do. What he would say. What he would think.

"I think it would be better if you told him this alone." Elijah said and I looked at him appalled. "You want me to tell him now?"

"Luna now would be the best time to tell him, before we get back to the compound."

I nodded Elijah was right. Of course he was, he was always right. "Tell him what?" A voice said causing me to jump back. There he was standing there. Wearing his usual clothing. His black leather jacket, a gray shirt (one of my favorite ones) and jeans. His hair tousled probably because of the wind. He looked like he was in a good mood, I would hate to ruin that.

"I think you might need to sit down." I said mustering up the courage to say some thing to him. He looked at me his mouth parted in confusion. "You may need this." Elijah said handing Klaus a glass of bourbon.

Klaus looked between me and then Elijah. A dawned expression coming on to his face. "Oh bloody hell."

I was pacing, while Klaus and Elijah were sitting on the couch. Normally I would have been embarrassed with Klaus seeing me like this but right now I didn't care about that. I was to nervous about what he would say when I told him. What he would think. I didn't think it would be a good idea to mention the pregnancy ordeal.

Hayley had said that one of us (me or her) would have to have a child. Carry it for nine months and all of that jazz. It was supposed to bring the other packs together, unite them. Because the child would be special. The child would be a big deal. It made me sick thinking about it. Since Hayley couldn't technically get pregnant that responsibility would fall to me. And I didn't want it. The child, the marriage, the responsibility. I didn't even know if I could get pregnant or not. That's why I fought so hard with her. But I had to. I had to fight. I wanted my freedom. I didn't want to be tied down, binded to some one forced to do some thing I didn't really want to do.

"Luna love can you please spit it out all of your pacing is killing me. Slowly." Klaus said and I sighed stopping before joining the two men on the couch. Trying to ignore the fact that my palms were sweaty. Trying to ignore the fact that my whole body seemed to be shaking.

"Luna would you like some?" Elijah said holding up a bottle of bourbon. I shook my head. "Thanks for offering Elijah but if I even think about drinking any thing acholoic right now I'm going to throw up." I said clenching my hands together. I could feel my nails cut in to the skin of my palms. I didn't care that it hurt. My heart felt like it was about to come out of my chest. And I knew that he could hear it. Along with Elijah. But right now I didn't care what Elijah thought, I cared about what Klaus thought.

"Hayley wants me to marry Jake and she wants to marry Jackson for the pack. So that the pack can grow and thrive." I said not caring at all that it had come out in a rush. Just that it had come out. I wasn't sure I would have been able to do it. But some how I got the courage to. And I was grateful for that moment. But not the moment after.

Klaus stood up. The empty glass of bourbon still in his hand. Like he didn't know what to do with it. I held my breath seeing him turn to Elijah and away from me. I couldn't help it. At first there was just one, but then there were two. Tears. Once they started falling it was easy, but to get them to stop was another story.

"This marriage this binding is supposed to make the pack stronger. If Hayley and I marry Jake and Jackson then the pack will gain our abilities. The ability to change willingly with out a full moon, my witch side, my powers." I said reminding my self that I had to do this. Like Elijah said. I had to tell him. Everything. It didn't matter that it made me cry. It didn't matter how I felt. It didn't matter that how much I didn't want to tell him. It didn't matter that he was mad. He had to hear it. It was the right thing to do.

Besides I didn't want things to be even more weird for us. Secrets weren't good. They never were, they always caused problems. The other night had been amazing. (Not the whole Rebekah, Chris, and Leo being taken part, but the Klaus almost kissing me part). The words 'What are you doing to me' rang in my head. I could hear him saying it, the same tone he used. The huskiness of his voice. Marrying Jake would mean that those little moments, our moments like that would have to end. And maybe I was being selfish not willing to do this for my pack. I just didn't want to give every thing up. I wanted my freedom, and Klaus just happened to come along with that package. Not that I would object of course.

"One of us would eventually have to carry a child." At my words Klaus had thrown his Klaus against the wall, it of course shattered on impact. I jumped back surprised by his sudden movement. He had been so still.

"And by one of us I mean me." Klaus then turned to me. I shrunk back, he looked angry, very angry at that. "Luna it's not happening, you can't-" He started out saying struggling with his words. His voice matched his expression of pure fury.

"I know and I don't want to. That's why I was fighting with her. Because I don't want to marry Jake. I don't want to be the mother of his child. Let alone live in a house with him. I want to stay at the compound with you if you let me." I said walking closer to him. Trying to assure him that I wasn't going to marry Jake.

"You don't want to marry him?" Klaus asked putting his hands on my shoulders. Gently of course. He always was. With me at least.

I shook my head. He put his hands on the side of my face. Wiping my tears away. "Don't worry about it love. You can stay with me as long as you like. You wont have to do any thing you don't want to. I'll make sure of that." He said before kissing my forehead and vamping out of the house.

I looked at Elijah worriedly. "Where is he going?" I asked and Elijah set his glass of bourbon down. Fixing the cuffs off his jacket. "That Luna I intend to find out."

Elijah walked past me but I stopped him grabbing his arm. "Be careful, don't let him do any thing stupid. I'm sorry." I said and Elijah shook his head pulling me in to a hug. "No no no. Luna this is not your fault. He's just angry. But I promise, I swear that I will bring him back to you."

Relief flooded in side of my chest. When Elijah promised and swore he meant it. And that meant that he was going to do exactly what he said. He was going to bring Klaus back, back to me.

Elijah kissed my hand before leaving. Vamping like Klaus had out of the house.

Now I was here all alone. What was I to do with all of this free time I now had on my hands?

I walked down the stairs feeling a lot warmer. I had replaced the shorts with a pair of light colored jeans. My legs had been getting cold and there was no point of me being cold and worrying.

Now I could just worry and not be cold.

Worry about the fact that Klaus and Elijah had been gone for more than six hours. Who was counting.

I went back to the table. Where I had books upon books on the table spread out along with maps. And crystals, some broken, others weren't.

My phone rang. I sighed picking it up off of the table. Hayley's name popping up on the screen. I contemplated answering it or not. I didn't really want to fight right now. If my stress level didn't lower any time soon I was going to die, of a heart attack to be precise. I was already have chest pains. And I knew that even in the supernatural world, as a supernatural creature that was not good.

"Hayley I don't want to fight with you right now." I said and I heard a sigh at the end of the line. "Luna I'm not going to fight with you. I called to apologize." I said and my eye brows went up. I didn't bother to hide the surprise in my voice. "Apologize?"

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Elijah Pov

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It was dark by the time I found him. The only source of light were the moon and the stars. I knew I probably should have called Luna by now, at least once to tell her my progress. But I had to find him. I had to bring him back to her, and make sure that he didn't do any thing 'stupid'. Because I promised her that I would, swore it even.

I didn't take those two things lightly.

He was by the New Orleans city limits sign. Draining some one by the looks of it. I approached carefully and cautiously not sure on what I was walking in to. "Klaus." I said trying to capture his attention. He growled dropping the body he had been draining. As I looked around I noticed that there seemed to be quite a lot of bodies around him.

His clothes were bloody. As was his mouth. He looked like a mess. She couldn't see him like this. And if I let her see him like this I would never forgive myself. I don't think that he would forgive himself either.

"I know Elijah I messed up. I just needed to kill some thing." He said his hands in his hair, which was now bloodied. "You were angry that is perfectly understandable but to go this extreme is not understandable." I said gesturing to the bodies that lay around him. He scoffed, sounding offended. "What do you expect me to do Elijah. I can't just go kill Jake or Jackson as much as I would love to."

"No you cannot." I said agreeing with him. "But you can tell Luna how you feel." I said and Klaus shook his head. I pinched the bridge of my nose here he was again in denial.

"I can't tell her Elijah. As I told you the other night we almost kissed-"

"Would it be such a bad thing if you would have." I said interrupting him. Speaking my mind. I don't think it would have been a bad thing if they kissed. Maybe then it would solve every thing. They could be together, and none of this unnecessary drama would be happening. If only my brother would listen.

"Yes Elijah-" Klaus started out saying but I held out my hand stopping him. My phone had started to go off, it was Luna's name on the screen. I prayed and hoped that some thing wasn't wrong.

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Kol Pov

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"Davina love I don't know how many times I have to tell you. It's not your fault." I said for what must have been the one hundredth time. We were now back at the compound. We had been for hours. It was about four in the morning. Although every one was still wide awake.

"Kol don't say that you know it is. I don't know how I'm supposed to go talk to them." Davina said. I was trying to coax her out of the bathroom. She was hiding. Hiding from Jackson, Jake, Aiden, Hayley, and what was left of the pack. Davina was supposed to go and help Hayley explain how this was going to work.

"It is not your fault love. And you can go talk to them because I am going to be right there beside you. Holding your hand. You know I'd never let any thing happen to you." I said smiling when I heard her sigh. She had given in.

The door opened revealing Davina.

I pulled her in for a hug, knowing it would comfort her. "Are you ready?" I asked as I was leading her down the stairs. She shook her head. "No but this has to be done." She said and I nodded agreeing with her.

"Should I tell them about the pregnancy thing?" Davina asked stopping me. I winced at that. Just like I had winced when she first told me. She didn't like it any more than I did. The way I saw it there was no way my best friend was going to get knocked up, not on my watch. I swallowed back the anger. Telling myself that this rather uncomfortable situation had to be done.

"Telling them every thing would probably be the best thing."

"And it is likely that it won't really matter much because there is a slim, very thin chance that it will even been half-way considered." I added through gritted teeth. I couldn't imagine being a god-father, Damon being a grandpa, Hayley being an aunt.

Davina nodded and we walked in to the room full of werewolves together, hand in hand.

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Luna Pov

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"So I'm about to help Davina explain this to every one. And I need to know if you-"

"Hayley I've already told you how I feel about this arranged marriage-"

Hayley interrupted me, sounding exaggerated. "It's not going to be an arranged marriage."

"Yes it is. If we do this we will be doing it for power, for the pack. So that the pack can grown and thrive." I said and I heard Hayely mumble in agreement.

"I don't know about you but it sounds like an arranged marriage to me." I said and Hayley sighed exasperatedly. She sounded tired. I wondered if she was ever going to get a full nights sleep again.

"I know you don't want this. It's a lot to ask-"

I scoffed setting the crystal down. I had been trying to do another locator spell, it hadn't been working, in fact I think that this crystal was broken. So I just set it down. My full attention was now on Hayley and this conversation that we were having.

"It's more than a lot Hayley. I mean what do you expect me to do accept this? Marry Jake. Have a baby with him. Carry it for nine months, give birth to it, love it, feed it. And then tell it that one day it's going to have to be married off to a complete stranger."

Hayley said nothing so I continued. "Let's not even mention the fact that I might be in love with some one."

"Luna you don't think I love Elijah, because I do. But it's bigger than him and me. This is about you, and Hope, and the pack."

I sighed I could see her point. But I also saw mine. "I know Hayley but I don't think I could do it. I know that it would be good for the pack. But you have to think about what would be good for me and for you. You can't be willing to do the right thing for the right reason. You have to take in to account what you feel."

Hayley said nothing, only the sound of her breathing let me know that she was still there.

"Do you really think that you would be able to marry Jackson?" I asked wanting an honest answer from her. "I don't know Luna, but I can try. And if you don't want to then that's fine to."

I rolled my eyes she was playing the 'oh since you won't do it I will' card. I hated that card.

"I don't even think Damon will let me get married." I said and Hayley laughed a little. Sounding a little more at ease then she did before. I smiled glad that we weren't fighting.

"Yeah just think about what Klaus' reaction would be." She said and the smile dropped from my face. I closed my eyes, feeling the worry could my thoughts.

"I have seen his reaction in person, Elijah's to." I said waiting for her reaction. "You told them?" She asked the laughter gone from her voice, she was using a more serious tone now. She sound worried almost. "Yes, and you have told Jackson and Jake right?"

Hayley sighed heavily. "Yeah I told them and I am about to tell the rest of the pack. That's the reason I called actually-"

I cut her off feeling a bitter taste in my mouth. She didn't even really call to really apologize. "Oh so you didn't call to apologize?"

"Look Luna I called to apologize and get an answer. Am I going to be alone in this? Are you going to be with me?" She asked I closed my eyes again fighting back the tears.

The next words I said could change my life, Jake's to. I didn't want to be the one who called the shots. The one who made scary life changing decisions. Was it to much to ask to be allowed to live my life the way I wanted to live it.

"Hayley you won't be alone. I'm your sister of course I'm going to be with you."

"Luna you know that's not what I meant." She replied sound a little irritated. "I know but Hayley you already know my answer." I said and I could practically see her rolling her eyes as she said. "This isn't over. When you, Elijah, and Klaus come back to the compound you, me, Jake, and Jackson are going to have a serious conversation about all of this." Hayley said and I nodded. That was fair, even though I would dread the whole thing.

"Sure Hayley what ever makes you happy." I said and she sighed again. "Luna I'm sorry about this whole thing. I was hard on you, and not understanding. Maybe when we talk again, in person we can get these issues we have between us solved so we can go back to the way we were." She said her tone wistful.

"I hope so. Hayley I have to go." I said standing up hearing the sound of glass breaking. My heart fell to the floor. Klaus and Elijah would have used the front door, not the window.

"Alright I love you. Be careful, I'll see you soon." Hayley said and I nodded. Saying a quick 'I love you to' before putting my phone in my jeans pocket. There were more sounds of glass breaking. Heavy and careful footsteps could be heard up stairs.

I ran as stealthy as I could to Hope's room. I went in to the closet and closed the door. I was now surrounded by darkness but I was safe for the moment. Then I did the only thing that seemed rational at the moment. I called Elijah.

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Elijah Pov

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"Luna what is it? Is some thing wrong?" I asked I could hear her quiet breathing. Which was strangely calm and even. Though her heart beat unlike her breathing was not as steady. It was beating faster than usual. Usually seen when some one was scared.

"Elijah there are people in the house." Klaus was by my side listening intently like I was. "Luna stay there-" I started out saying but she cut me off. "No. I can't just sit here and hide. I have to do some thing."

I ignored Klaus as I walked away from him. He followed me of course. "Luna stay where you are, I will be there in a few minutes with Klaus."

I heard her sigh in relief. "He's okay?" She asked but before I could reply I heard the sound of a door opening. "Luna listen to me just stay where you are, don't move-" I was cut off yet again by the call ending.

"Well what is it brother? Is she alright?" Klaus asked and I shook my head. "I don't know but we need to get back as soon as possible. People are in the house with her."

Klaus turned to leave but I stopped him. Grabbing his arm.

"First you have to get yourself cleaned up." I said but my brother being as stubborn as he was shook his head. "Elijah she is in danger if I don't get to her-" He started out saying but I cut him off. "She can't see you like this."

"I don't care. Right now she needs me." I let go of his arm and got in front of him to stop him from moving. "I do care. And you will regret letting her see you like this. Now get cleaned up. We don't have a lot of time."

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Luna Pov

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I ended the call having no other choice. Who ever had come in to the room was at the door. The closet door to be exact. I could see there feet thanks to the light pouring in from the window.

I know what I did was incredibly stupid. Calling Elijah when I knew that my conversation was probably being listened to. Knowing that I could be heard. I had practically just told them my exact location in the house. I didn't have any other choice.

True I could have texted Elijah but there was no guarantee that he would have replied back. His phone was always getting text messages, because every one loved to call Elijah for updates and such. But if I called him then he would know that some thing was wrong. And now he knew. I might have just killed myself but I was probably going to die any way. There were way to many of them. I scooted back the door nob turning. I winced hitting my head on some thing. Then I covered my mouth, realizing my mistake.

The door nob stopped turning. And I wondered for a moment that the person behind the door had left to go some where else. But then I looked down and saw their feet.

"Listen Ms. Labonair you can either come out willingly or un-willingly. But you are coming out of this closet one way or another." I closed my eyes trying to slow down my heart. It was all I could hear, well that and the blood rush in my ears. I've never been more scared in my life. This was it, this was how I was going to die. Like my mother, beaten to death probably.

I reached my hands up only to feel clothed and then my hands then hit some thing hard, and cold. It felt like metal. A bat.

I gasped realizing what this was. It wasn't just any ordinary bat it was Kol's he had left it here. I grasped the end of the handle and stood up. The bat in my hands. No way was I going down with out a fight. I wracked my brain trying to remember all of the fighting that the witches had taught me. Yes they were cruel, but they taught me how to fight (which didn't always work in there favor). But nevertheless they taught me any way. How to kill. Damon and Elijah taught me how to defend myself. But the witches taught me how to kill.

The memories were foggy, but they were still there. I just had to trust myself, trust my hands. My mind might not remember all of the fighting but my hands and my body would. Kind of like muscle memory in a way. I just had to motivate myself. I was fighting to save myself, I hoped that was enough to motivate me.

I was going to see live through this, so I could see Klaus again.

"Miss I will ask you once again-" The voice started out saying but I had already begun to take action. I raised my leg and kicked the door in. It opened easily.

The man was dressed for a fight. A cross bow in his hands. And a gun strapped at his side. I noted that inside of my head, the rest of them probably had it to.

I swung the bat aiming for his head. I hit my mark, the bat making a crunching sound that had been the man's skull. He laid there dead, his blood was on the floor, on the bat, on my hands.

Two others appeared in to the room. Saying some thing in to their walkie talkies. I hit one of them with the bat in the stomach and then the other one between the legs. They both dropped. I ran out of the room. I didn't have time to kill them, I had to get out of here.

I shook the feeling of guilt off. It was either me or them. I paused listening for some thing, any thing. Trying to hear over the blood rushing in my ears, and the pounding of my heart.

"Listen miss you are coming with us." A voice said I could feel his breath on my neck. I felt some thing press in to my back. Judging by how sharp it was, how easily it seemed to cut in to my skin it was definitely a knife of some kind. I turned around swinging the back with me but the man caught it just before it could hit him in the face. He snatched it from my hands and I kicked him in the stomach hard enough to send him down, doubled over. Clutching his stomach. I ran in to the kitchen, I knew I was being followed. I could hear their footsteps, their breathing.

I felt an arm go around my waist. I drew my head forward and then back. Head butting the person who had their thick arm around me they let me go.

I was reaching for a drawer. The knife drawer to be specific.

I raised my hand turning around briefly to see that the two go against the wall. Not easily either.

I grabbed a big steak knife to see that the guy who had come at me early was now in the kitchen with me, his gun raised. I threw the knife not knowing what else to do. The knife barried itself in the man's head. He went down. The kitchen shook as his body hit the ground.

The two that I had thrown at the wall were now back up. And they didn't seem to happy with the fact that I had killed their buddy. They must have been vampires because the next thing I knew they were on me. One in back of me and one in front. The one in the back had his hands wrapped tightly around my chest while the other guy picked up my legs. These guys who ever they were could have killed me by know, should have. Why weren't they?

They must have been told to keep me alive. These were probably Abbraxass' men, and they were going to deliver me to him.

I got my leg free from the mans' grasp after a hard struggle. Kicking him in the chest, he feel to the ground the back of his head hitting the marble counter, before trying to get the other guy off of me.

During the struggle we must have knocked the trash can down. Must of it held bottles, empty bottles of bourbon to be exact.

The man pushed me roughly to the ground putting his full weight on me. It felt like he was crushing me. It didn't help that I was laying on glass. I could feel it pierce my skin. I tried to crawl away from him, to reach one of the broken bottles thinking about stabbing him with it. He pulled my back putting one of my hands behind my pack. He was going to tie me up. If he did that I was basically an easy target. I had to fight harder. I had to want to survive this.

I crawled ignoring the pain that was shooting at my side. I stretched, until I felt my hand close around the end of the bottle. I rolled switching our positions he was on the floor and I was on top. My knees on either side of him as I continued to put the bottle threw his chest over, and over again until he stopped moving. He wasn't dead he would wake up soon but it would take longer for him to heal.

I hopped off of him only to find that I was surrounded. All in dark colored gear. "Come with us, we will use force if necessary. We don't want to kill you-" I cut off the person who had been talking by punching them in the throat. I jumped over his huddled form. I knew I was being followed but I needed to put distance between me and them if I was going to have a chance.

I was now in the living room. Where I had talked to Hayley, where I had been doing the locator spell. I picked up a steak, a wooden one to be precise. My arm was grabbed so I turned staking who ever had grabbed me in the chest, right where the heart was. Luckily they had been a vampire. Because their skin turned gray and it began to crack and they had went down.

I turned around and threw my hands in front of me to protect my self. I opened my eyes surprised that I hadn't been hit yet. Three men were in front of me. Arms raised to grab me, but they never did. They were frozen.

I had never before been so thankful for my freezing powers. In fact as I looked around I could see that the whole house seemed frozen. I went to the achol cabinet and started taking out bottles. I had to cover up my tracks. I planned to dose every thing and then set it on fire. The people in side of the house along with it.

I ran through the house concentrating only on dosing every thing. I was now up stairs. I paused I was in my room. I saw the painting. The painting that Klaus had made special for me.

I fell to the ground being hit with some thing hard. What ever it was it had been made out of glass, I heard it break. A lamp maybe. I groaned now every thing was dizzy. I felt the back of my head feeling wetness. Blood. I was bleeding.

I braced myself standing up hitting the bottle of vodka over the person's head. They moved around a dazed expression on their face. Some one else grabbed me from behind. Lifting me up off the ground. People were starting to un-freeze that was not a good thing. In-fact it was a very, very bad thing.

I kicked aiming for the person closest to the window. I kicked hard until the window broke and the person fell.

I screamed out feeling the person who had me squeeze tightly. I heard some thing crack, he had probably broken some of my ribs. His mistake how ever been when he place his hand over my mouth, to silence me. I took this as an opportunity to bite him. The man yelled and dropped me. I fell on my knees wincing as I did. I had landed on glass.

I got up moving out of the way as the person I had bit started to run at me. I hadn't been fast enough. He grabbed my arm roughly pulling me against him. I clawed at his face and he let me go again. I landed on the glass but this time on my hands.

I picked one of the large shards of glass up before cutting him with it. He stumbled before falling to the ground. He was now withering in pain, clutching his neck with his large hands, thanks to my bite. I looked up to see more of them, two to be exact one of them had my painting in their hands. I only had enough time to put my hands in front of me to protect my face before the hard canvas skin of the painting hit me.

All that time, all those hours he spent on me. His gift to me, for Christmas ruined. Completely destroyed. That beautiful irreplaceable gift was gone. That pissed me off. I could feel the adrenaline rush kick in.

I punched the man (who hit me with the painting) in the face. Breaking his nose. I could tell I did by the amount of blood that was coming out and the fact that I felt his bone crunch under my fist.

The other one grabbed my hand and twisted it. Not breaking it but it didn't exactly feel good. They had my arm in that position like they were going to tie my hands together.

I stepped back, stomping on the man's foot before elbowing him the face. He grabbed my hair pulling me to him. I put my hands around his neck pushing his head down, bringing his head to my knee.

He went down clutching his face.

The other one had recovered some what. He was now standing up. One hand over his nose, trying to stop the blood. And the other hand on his crossbow. I raised my leg, kicking the crossbow out of his hands before he got the chance to use it.

I then ran out of my room, past the hall past two more people dressed in gear like the others. They tackled me down the stairs. The only thing I could do was put my arms over my head to protect my self.

I got back on my feet as soon as the world had stopped spinning around in circles. Every breath I took hurt. That roll down the stairs was going to give me bruises. Lots and lots of bruises. I was back in the kitchen. Bodies were every where.

I made it to the knife drawer grabbing a knife. Although I planned to hold on to this one.

I made it out of the kitchen before I was tackled on to the ground. Hands wrapped around my throat like a vice. I struggled to regain my thoughts, and my composure. No way was I dying like this.

I picked up the knife that had fallen beside me and I stabbed it inside of the man's neck, stabbing it repeatedly until his hands weren't squeezing my neck any more. His blood was all over me, my chest, my stomach, my legs but I didn't care. The only thing that mattered was that I was alive and he wasn't. I shoved his heavy body off mine. Slowly getting up. Well aware of how dizzy I was.

"We aren't trying to kill you, we just want to take you some where. Where you will be safe, Abbraxas sent us." I looked up to see some blonde woman her hand outstretched to me. Her face twisted in a sympathetic look. I pushed it away from me, her arm. Shaking my head.

"If I have to take you by force I will not hesitate."

She then proceeded to cut me with a knife on my arm. I yelled, it burned it was probably wolvesbane. She raised the knife at me again, I grabbed her arm (the one with the knife) and broke it. Remembering how Damon told me to do it. She got up again, or tried to. I raised my hand, waving it. The sound of her neck snapping I knew that she was either dead, or knocked out.

I ran out of there, past the living room. And out side. It was freezing of course, but I didn't care. I was out of that house. I stopped running and turned back around to face the house. I had to cover my tracks.

I closed my eyes thinking about fire. The heat of it, the way it felt. What it looked like. "Ignis" I mumbled under my breath. The latin word for fire, coming to mind for some reason. What ever I did must have worked because the fire started slowly. Blooming like a flower. Before growing, and growing. Taking over the house, towering over it. There would be no survivors, this was not a normal fire. The flames burned blue. Parts of it were darker, some even dark as to be called black.

I stepped further back listening as the people inside or at least the ones who were still alive yell. What have I done?

I turned away from the house hearing what sounded like more footsteps. There was what looked like to be a group of fifteen people. They were in a line with their crossbows aimed at me. This was it. Maybe I could try to run.

"Luna Rahmah Halliwell Labonair you are a very hard woman to catch. And even harder to fight. I'm sorry that I have to do this, it's going to hurt-" At his words I started to back up. What was going to hurt?

I ran as hard and as fast as I could. I didn't think much about the laughter that had started once I started running. I just thought about getting out of there as soon as possible.

All of a sudden I lurched forward grabbing on to a tree. Feeling some thing go in my leg. Tearing, burrowing deep inside of my leg. I didn't feel the actual pain unitl I looked down and saw it.

An arrow. An arrow was in my leg, burrowed deep. I could see that it went through my leg. It was this awful blinding, burning pain. It was definitely poisoned with what I didn't know. It felt like wolvesbane I remembered the feeling of it. Having experienced enough of it at the witches place. They used to put it one me over and over again. Trying to make me immune to it. Eventually it stopped burning as much, but that didn't mean that it stopped burning at all.

All I knew was pain and more pain. I couldn't stop the sounds I was making. Gasping sounds, almost screaming. I put the sleeve of my cardigan on my mouth to bite down on it, to stop the sounds. If they didn't know where I was they did now. I couldn't run, I couldn't hide, I couldn't move. I was so paralyzed with pain, searing pain. Shooting up and down my leg. I wanted nothing more that to die right now.

"Luna?" A voice asked and I turned to see both Klaus and Elijah walking towards me. I was so happy that I cried. Then again it could have been because of the amount of pain that I was in. I reached down feeling something slide down my leg. I held up my hand, it was blood. Enough to coat my hand.

Seeing this both Klaus and Elijah were beside me. Klaus had his hand on the small of my back helping take some of the pressure off of my other leg. The hurt one. The one with the arrow inside of it.

"We have to get out of here." I said looking between the two men. Klaus shook his head. "I can take them." He said before walking off.

I tried to follow him. I temporarily forgot about the arrow that had been in my leg. I cried out, apparently moving that leg would bring me excruciating pain. Elijah was in front of me watching me carefully. Klaus was back by my side.

"The arrow that is in my leg is laced with some thing. There is wolvesbane and god knows what else. You can't go back there. I killed some of them, but their are to many.."

Elijah turned his head briefly to the fire and then to me. "You started that?" He asked and I nodded. "I had to cover my tracks." I said gritting down on my teeth, through the pain. "You did the right thing." Elijah said and I felt a little more relieved. Glad that he wasn't mad at me for burning the house down.

"Let's get you out of here." Klaus said and I nodded. Not caring if I looked like some damsel in distress. My leg was on fire, and with the amount of blood I was losing accompanied with the pain would surely kill me. I just wanted Klaus to get me out of here. He picked me up bridal style. Careful not to touch my hurt leg more than necessary.

Normally I would have admired how strong he was. How tight and hard his muscles felt when my body was against his. How good he smelled. But right now I didn't care about that. The pain that was in my leg was taking over every thing. It was all I could do but not scream.

Every step he took killed me. I had never seen Klaus walk so carefully. Elijah was ahead of us. I was surprised to see a car waiting for us. I inhaled deeply wincing as I did. Yep, my ribs were definitely broken. Just to add to my problems and my pain.

Elijah said some thing to Klaus I couldn't really hear them they spoke in low quick voices. Not that I cared. I was busy chanting over and over again inside of my head 'don't scream, don't scream.'

Because that is all I wanted to do. Then after that I wanted to kill and torture who ever put this arrow inside of me in the first place. Or watch Klaus and Elijah do it. I was sure that they would be open to it. I would gladly stand by or in the case that I was in sit back and watch.

"Luna love I'm going to need you to take a deep breath." Klaus said looking down at me. His ocean blue eyes clouded with some thing, worry, anger possibly both. I could see Elijah. He was standing close to my legs. "I can't." I said wincing as I breathed out again. "I think some of my ribs are broken."

I heard Klaus say some thing to Elijah, and the two went back and fourth before Elijah appeared on the other side of me. "Luna I know it hurts but you are going to have to try." Elijah said and I looked at him nodding. Breathing in and out deeply. Ignoring the burning pain, the sharp broken pain that I felt inside of me.

"We are going to put you in the car, try not to move your leg." Elijah said and I closed my eyes this wasn't going to feel good. "Okay."

After getting me in the car (it had taken a lot of work, for all three of us) we were on the road. Elijah was driving. Klaus was sitting in the passenger seat. I was in back doing my best to hold on. Even though there was nothing to really hold on to.

Elijah as sweet as he was drove fast. He was looking for a store, a gas station some thing that would carry medical supplies so my leg could be treated. We couldn't exactly stop at a hospital.

Every bump killed me. I did my best not to cry out, some times I just couldn't help it. And every time that happened Klaus would snap at Elijah. I would say that 'it wasn't his fault, he's not the one who got shot with an arrow'. Then the both of them would say that 'it wasn't my fault either'. And they were right. It wasn't my fault but I didn't want them bickering over me.

"Luna sweetheart your going to have to try and stay awake." Elijah said and I picked my head back up. Huh I hadn't realized that I had been dosing off.

"Hayley called." I said and even though my voice wasn't as loud as it usually was I know it had captured the mens' attention. I knew they could hear me, with their vampire hearing and all.

"She apologized, but I could tell she didn't mean it. She is having a meeting with what's left of the pack. Her and Davina are supposed to explain every thing to them." I said and they looked at each other briefly before looking away.

"She asked if I had considered marrying Jake for the pack. But I told her that she already knows the answer to that. I don't want to, and I won't. But I didn't want to argue with her. Then I heard the sound of glass breaking so I hung up. And then I called you." I said looking at Elijah as I spoke.

"Where were you?" Asked Klaus turning around to look at me. "In Hope's room I hid in the closet." I said remembering how that happened an hour ago.

"After hanging up the phone I got out and fought them. They didn't want to hurt me, at least that's what they said. They said that they wanted to take me some place safe, that Abbraxas sent them."

"You didn't believe them." Elijah said looking at the rear-view mirror. "They had crossbows and guns, what was I supposed to think." I said and Klaus nodded. "I told you to stay put." Elijah said and his tone dripping with disappointment.

"I know but what was I supposed to do just sit there and wait for them to find me." I said and Elijah turned around to look at me frowning as he did. "I should have never left. This is my fault-"

"No it is not any one's fault. You are not the one who put this arrow threw my leg." I said cutting Elijah off.

We stopped, well Elijah did. And me not expecting it, hadn't been prepared for it. Wasn't holding on to any thing. So my body slid, towards the floor of the car.

"Sorry about that I should have warned you. Try to stay in the car, I'll be back in about ten minutes." He said and Klaus un-buckled his seat beat. "Make it five." Klaus said to Elijah before Elijah nodded closing the door. Walking in to some gas station by the looks of it.

"How are you feeling?" Klaus asked he was turned towards me his hand on my arm. I was freezing and he was warm. Well his hand was.

"I feel like hell." I said because in all honesty I did feel that way. "How did you manage to break you ribs?" Klaus asked and I sighed. Wincing as I did. Of course he would remember what I had said. He always did.

"There was some one in front of me. The man was dazed, I had just hit them over the head with a glass bottle. Then some one grabbed me from behind and lifted me up. They wrapped their arms around me and squeezed. I kicked the man by the window, hard enough to send him threw it. I screamed because I felt some thing crack, some thing inside of me break. The man who had me in his grasp put his hand over my mouth so I bit him."

"You bit him." Klaus asked turning to look at me. I nodded. "He didn't go down automatically. He grabbed me again but I dragged my nails down his face. Then I cut him with a piece of glass. And then my bite got him down." I said and Klaus shook his head.

"I never should have left, I was angry for no reason. I will not leave you again." He said with relish in his voice. He meant what he said. My heart swelled. He was not going to leave me again. That sounded nice.

"You had every right to be mad." I said and he sighed sounding frustrated. "Luna you could have died tonight."

"I know but at least I went out fighting like my mom and my dad." I said and Klaus turned to me again. "You are not dying, I won't allow it."

I smiled at him despite the pain, and discomfort I was feeling. Klaus seemed to make every thing better. "If you say so."

"I killed people today. I don't know how many but it was a lot." I said trying to to ignore the burning sensation in my leg that was spreading, raising up to the bottom of my back. It was better if I talked so I couldn't think about the pain to much. I just needed to focus on Klaus.

"Does that bother you?" He asked and I shook my head. Wincing as I did. 'Try not to move so fast Luna'. I said in my mind chastising my self.

"No it was either me or them. I had a feeling that they were going to take me to Abbraxas any way. And the thought of that made me fight harder than ever." I said shivering. It was so cold.

"Would you laugh at me if I told you some thing?" I asked feeling the sudden need to tell him what I felt about Abbraxas. Or rather how I felt about him. "That depends on what it is love." Klaus said and I focused on his voice. Pushing away the drowsiness. Like Elijah said I hat to stay awake. "I'm afraid of him, Abbraxas. Terrified actually." I said and Klaus' eyes darkened at that. "There is no need to be afraid, I won't let him lay a finger on you." Klaus said and my heart warmed at that. I loved how protective he was of me. Even though some times I felt weak because of it. One day I wanted to be the one protecting him, and not the other way around.

Elijah came in to the car then. Carrying a bag. "Every thing alright?" Elijah asked and I sighed biting my lip to stop the gasp that wanted to come out of my mouth because we had started moving again. Faster than before. "Easy." Klaus said looking at his brother, glaring slightly. Elijah's eye's remained on the road.

"The arrow that is inside of Luna's leg has a tracker. They are tracking us as we speak. The sooner we get the arrow out of her leg the faster we can stop at a hotel and rest." He said and Klaus looked back at me worriedly. I nodded at him. To let him know I was okay. Well as okay as some one could be with an arrow through their leg.

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Third Person Pov

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Luna was now out of the car. On the ground to be precise. Klaus had moved to go to her leg but she had grabbed on to him. To his jacket sleeve saying, "Klaus please stay with me." He of course did. Not being able to tell her no. He didn't really think he would be able to work on her leg. Seeing her in pain made him hurt to. He was kneeling Klaus was as was Elijah.

Elijah had positioned Luna's leg to where it wasn't laying flat on the ground but it wasn't high up either. He had his hand under it, not only supporting her leg but inspecting it.

Klaus knew that the look on his brother's face told him that this was not going to be good. It was worse then they had predicated.

"I am going to have to push the arrow all the way threw." Elijah said and Klaus could hear Luna's breathing and heart rate go up. Expedentially. "What?" Luna asked her voice panicked. She tried to sit up but Klaus' hands on her shoulders held her in place. She couldn't really move. But she felt better once she saw him look down at her reassurance in his gaze. She stopped struggling then.

"Elijah is there any other way?" Klaus asked not bothering to hide the desperateness in his voice. He did not want Luna to got through that pain. He did not want to hear her scream. He wanted to make this as pain-less as possible for her and for him.

"No I'm afraid not. The arrow thank fully is not in her bone. But the arrow can't just be pulled out. I have to grab the end of the shaft. Break the part that the feathers are attached to. Then I have to reach down and pull it out. It should be quick, but we have to get it out before it starts to get infected. And with the amount of poison that is in it could kill her if I don't get the arrow out soon."

Klaus' heart sank at that. There was no other way. She was going to be in a lot of pain, and he was going to not be able to comfort her in any way. He didn't want to see her suffer, just thinking about it made his heart break.

"Do what ever you have to." Klaus said while he looked at Luna. Her lips had become pale, she had a sheen of sweat coating her entire body, despite the cold. Klaus had taken off her cardigan and set it under her head. Like a pillow, to prop her up.

"Luna this is going to hurt." Elijah said and Luna said nothing for a while. Before taking a deep breath even though it hurt her to do so. Klaus winced hearing her ribs shift. He had wanted to give her his blood do badly. But Elijah had not allowed him to. He had said that he needed to get the arrow out first.

"I know. Just please get it over with." She said and Klaus removed his hands from her arms gently wiping her cheeks free from the tears that kept falling. Klaus leaned down and kissed her on her forehead. "You are going to be just fine love." He said watching as Luna's green and gray eyes closed and then opened again. "If you say so." Luna said speaking softly and slowly as if each word tired her.

Elijah watched as the two interacted. It was a quick interaction but nonetheless it was an interaction. Elijah could see the love his brother felt for Luna as plain as day. Elijah knew that if Klaus had his way he would be the one working on Luna's leg. But Luna had asked Klaus to stay. That is exactly what his brother did, he stayed simply because she asked him to. Elijah knew that Klaus was putting a lot of trust in him. To take care of Luna's leg an all. Elijah knew that when ever Luna was in pain his brother was in pain to. He had to do this quickly. He had to do this with accuracy, and perscion. He had to do it quickly so that they wouldn't suffer.

Klaus gave on look at his brother, before nodding carefully. Elijah bent down, now fully concentrating on Luna's leg. There was much work to be done, and not a lot of time to do so.

He gently began to rip her jeans around the area with the arrow in it and the surrounding area. Her jeans had been a little difficult to remove. Because of the sweat and blood that had collected there. Elijah continued nonetheless. He was satisfied with his work. After getting the injured area on her leg cleared of any thing that could complicate things further. He was even more satisfied that she hadn't flinched, winced, gasped, yelled,or screamed. He was being as gentle as possible.

Klaus appreciated that very much, almost more than Luna did.

Elijah quickly broke off the end of the arrow. The end with the feathers. The shaft snapping easily under his strength. That little movement was enough to make Luna wince through her teeth. This was the easy part, the hard part was to come.

Klaus removed his hands from her shoulders and brushed the hair from out of her face. He told her to breathe, in and out. After Klaus had gotten Luna to breathe with him he looked over at his brother and nodded again.

Elijah had been waiting for the 'signal' from Klaus. Luna was bout to be in un-imaginable pain, Elijah wanted to give her as much time to prepare herself as possible.

Elijah wrapped his hand under her leg. To not only hold it's weight but to steady it. He now had a better view of her leg of the arrow that had pierced her leg. He couldn't see the head of the arrow. That meant that it must be burried in her leg.

In order to get this arrow out of her he was going to have to push it the rest of the way through. He couldn't just pull it out upwards, the arrow most likely had barbs and would latch on to some thing in her leg to avoid being taken out. If he pushed it out through the other side of her leg then the arrow would be out of her leg. There was going to be a lot of blood. Lucky for him Elijah had gotten towels from the gas station. He also had achol (the medical kind) for when the arrow was out so he could clean the wound. He had gotten some gauze to wrap the leg after cleaning it. And some tape to hold it together.

He stuck a towel under her leg with his free hand and looked up to meet Klaus' gaze. He was watching him with an uneasy expression on his face.

Elijah braced himself before he pushed the arrow through her leg the rest of the way. Through the fat, the muscle, her flesh. Luna's body had involuntarily come up. She couldn't go any where, not really. Not with Klaus grip.

She tried to hold her leg still for Elijah but it just hurt so bad, it burned so badly. She could feel the blood just gushing out. She could hear some one screaming. It sounded awful like some one was getting killed. Maybe she should tell Klaus and Elijah so they could go help that poor girl woman. It took her a minute to realize that the screaming was coming from her. That she was the one making those sounds. Hot tears made their way down her face. They blurred her vision. Preventing her from seeing Klaus who's face was over her's trying to calm her down.

Her lungs and her ribs protested when she held her breath. She had to think of a way to stop screaming she would draw attention to them. She felt like she was losing her mind, all she knew was pain. But even though Elijah was doing his best it felt like he was going at a snail's pace pushing the arrow threw her skin.

It was over that part was done. The worst part was done. Elijah began applying pressure to her leg, with one of the towels to stop the bleeding. Applying pressure made her yell but not as loud as before. Klaus watched helplessly as she sobbed begging Elijah to kill her, begging for Klaus to. Just to make the pain go away, to make the pain stop.

Elijah had went to grab another towel. She had already bled through the first one, if she didn't stop she was going to bleed out soon. "Give her your blood." He said to Klaus who shook his head. "I thought you said that-"

"Do it." Elijah said gesturing to the towel drenched in her blood. He knew Luna couldn't see but he knew that Klaus could. "Drink this, please." Klaus said holding his hand out to Luna, the one he had just bit in to.

Through the pain, the tiredness, Luna managed to do what was asked of her. Mostly because Klaus had asked her to. And that motivated her to do what he had asked her to do.

She could barely see. Barely breathed without feeling pain. His blood filled her mouth. Unlike when every one else gave her blood it wasn't bitter, it wasn't exactly sweet either. His blood tasted good, not that Luna would ever tell any one that.

Even after Klaus had removed his hand she could taste his blood on her lips, taste it in her mouth. It warmed her up on the inside, almost like she was glowing. The cold didn't bother her as much now. Her whole body had heated up.

Elijah was able to put pressure on her leg to stop the bleeding. She only gasped and grabbed on to Klaus but that was all, and that was to be expected. The three of them were just glad that there was no more screaming.

Elijah had just finished wrapping her leg. "Thank you Elijah, you are a saint." Luna said looking up at him as he walked passed her. He smiled down at her kneeling down to kiss her on the cheek before leaving to go warm up the car.

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Klaus Pov

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I walked up the stairs carrying her, Luna in my arms. She was struggling to stay awake, even though both me and Elijah told her to go ahead and sleep. So stubborn. But she was cute. My consciousness pipped back, it's for her own good. She needed to sleep.

My blood had healed her but not completely.

Elijah opened the hotel room door before I had the chance to knock.

I put Luna gently on the couch being careful of her injured leg. She was still awake to my surprise, but she was a fighter. That fact didn't surprise me. Of course she was a fighter. She would have had to be to survive what the witches did to her.

"I am going to go get some food is there any thing that the two of you would want specifically?" Elijah asked looking between me and Luna. She was half laying up and half sitting down on the couch. Her leg propped up by some pillows. I was sitting on the other side of her. Her head on my arm. "Some water would be nice." Luna said and Elijah sighed. "Actual food." He said and Luna shrugged along with me. "The two of you, especially you Luna have to eat some thing." Elijah said pressing on.

"Pizza." Luna said and Elijah raised an eye brow at that. "It is food brother." I said defending her decision she probably like me wasn't in the mood for eating. "Pizza has no nutritional value." Elijah said and Luna groaned. "What ever you bring back Elijah I'll eat as long as it's not a salad."

I smiled at that. Stopping to look at her for a moment, to admire her. Her nose was scrunched up as she said the word 'salad'. Damon told me that she wasn't very found of them. I wasn't really either. They were green leafy things, that weren't at all filling.

"If I leave will the two of you still be here?" Elijah asked and me and Luna looked at each other. She smirked at me devilishly, and I smirked back unsure of what was happening. I didn't know what but I liked it any way. She was smiling at me, that was the only thing that mattered in this moment in time. I shrunk back disappointed when she turned to look at Elijah, and not me.

"No we were planning to sneak out while you were gone." She said and Elijah folded his arms over his chest. "What? I was being sarcastic. Elijah if you are wondering I am not going any where, any time soon." She exclaimed and his facial expression softened up. "I'll be back shortly." He said looking between me and Luna before leaving.

Luna shifted her leg wincing as she did. "Love are you alright?" I asked wanting to know if I could help her. Make her more comfortable. I was willing to do any thing. I hated to watch her suffer, and be in pain. Knowing that there might be some thing I could do to prevent her from feeling that pain.

"Yeah I'm okay, just a little hot." She said and I brushed her hair out of her face. Hot was an understatement. I put my palm against the skin of her for-head to feel her temperature. Her skin could have been compared to a hot stove top.

She reached up and put her hands on top of mine. She closed her eyes sighed.

"I'm sorry it's just your hand feels good, it's cold." Luna said her eyes still closed I removed my hand from her head. This was not good. Some thing was wrong or off. I was never 'cold' to her.

"Luna don't lie please. I can help you. Tell me what your feeling." I said feeling the need to question her, to find out what could possibly be wrong. "I'm hot. I feel sticky and gross. My leg is killing me. I am in pain. I'm tired. I am terrified that they are going to find me again-" I put my finger to her lips she was ranting. She had gotten her main point through to me.

I knew what I had to do.

...

I took the cardigan that had been wrapped around her off. I allowed my fingers to brush down her arms as I took it off. It was bloody any way. Leaving her in her tank top which was also bloody.

"How did this happen?" I asked my hand on her arm. I had been taking in her appearance. Looking for any cuts, bruises, any thing that would cause her pain so that I could cure it. She had bruises starting to appear.

There was a cut, a deep one at that. It wasn't bleeding which was good. It was healing slower than usual. What ever had been in that arrow had slowed down the healing attributes in her blood and in mine. That made me uneasy. Hopefully when we got back to the compound Kol would be able to identify it. What ever it was.

"Oh that one of them cut me, I think the knife had wolvesbane on it." She said her hand finding her way to mine. "And what did you do to them?" I asked letting go off her hand and grabbing the cloth rag I had set on the table.

"I broke her arm and then I snapped her neck using my powers." She replied back. I looked up from my work. I had been dragging the rag across her skin, the skin of her back to begin with.

I brushed her hair out of the way, over her shoulder. Resisting the urge to run my fingers threw it. Her hair looked so silky and soft. It was curled wildly but that's what made it beautiful. It's what made her, her.

She smelled good, and that wasn't really helping my concentration. I shook all of the impulses and dirty thoughts out of my head. I had other important things to do like care for her. I could always dream or imagine later on.

"How did you break her arm?" I asked trying to start a conversation. The silence was making me feel un-easy.

"Some thing Damon showed me." She said and I smiled when I heard his name. Of course, I remember he made her fight his a couple of times and go to a fighting class more than a couple of times. So that she could learn to deafened herself.

I brushed her hair back. Now on the other side of her.

I ran the damp cloth along her for-head hoping that it would cool her down. "I thought I was going to die." I stopped running the cloth along her jaw-line. "But you didn't." I said trying to un-tense myself. Forcing my arms, my hands to work I ran the damp cloth lower. First to her neck, then to her collar bone. I stopped their.

Realizing that the tank top that she was wearing was covered in blood. It was going to have to come off. The beast inside of me cheered.

"Luna would you mind removing your shirt?" I asked trying to keep my cool.

Her eyes widened at my question. I couldn't tell if she was blushing or not. Her face had been flushed for quite some time. But the silence between us was only making the tension grow. Oh why did I have to say such stupid things without thinking them over first.

"Normally I would remove my shirt but I have nothing under it and I have nothing to change in to." I nodded she had a great point. But a part of me wasn't focused on that. The other part of me was focused on the fact that she had said 'normally I would remove my shirt' did that mean that if I had asked her to take off her shirt the other night she would have done it?

I shivered getting the chills. Trying to shake those thoughts off. I took off my own shirt, getting an idea.

Luna shook her head. "Klaus I can't take your shirt. What if you get cold." Luna said trying disagree with me. I shook my head. "Luna yes you can and you will. And I don't get cold. Besides I have another shirt under this one." Which was true, a white wife-beater.

Luna groaned and I smiled sensing defeat. Some times her being in pain was a good thing. She didn't argue as much.

I of course looked away when she had started to take off her tank top.

Luna gasped causing me to look at her and then to Elijah who was in the room a box of what looked to be pizza in his hands. Luckily she had her shirt covering her chest so I didn't really see any thing. Except her bare shoulders, the black straps of her bra. Not that I was glad that I didn't see any thing because a part of me was hoping to see some thing. I was a man after all, a beast at that. I could at least let that part of my self think (the more beastly side) or rather hope to see some thing.

"Am I interrupting some thing?" Elijah asked and before I could do any thing Luna sat up causing her leg to fall, causing her to yelp and drop her shirt. The only piece of clothing covering her.

I handed her my shirt and she took it wordlessly. I knew that she was grateful, even though she didn't say any thing. And I didn't either. Right now we were all, the three of us were in an embarrassing, awkward moment.

"A word." Elijah said walking over to where Luna was placing the pizza on the table and saying "Eat up please." He said with out so much as a glance toward Luna. At least he wasn't frozen like I had been. I felt for some odd reason like I was in trouble. He turned to me and grabbing my arm pulling me out of the room and out of the door.

"Klaus you are very confusing. First you say that you intend to stay away from her, avoid her as much as possible. Because of what almost happened the night before. But then I come back and I find Luna shirtless and you in front of her." Elijah said in a hushed voice. I could still detect the disappointment in it despite his quiet tone. I knew my brother well enough to detect certain emotions in his voice.

"Elijah it wasn't like that! I swear. Her tank top was covered in blood as was her cardigan. I had planned to give her my shirt so she could take hers off." I exclaimed still trying to be quiet. We were right out side of the door. I knew that neither of us wanted Luna to over-hear our conversation.

"But why would you have either considered taking it off in the first place?" Elijah asked causing me to shake my head he wouldn't understand it if I told him any way.

"She said that she was feeling sticky and hot so I thought that if I cleaned her up-"

"Cleaned up? You mean you put her in the shower?" Elijah said questioning me further. I rolled my eyes. Irritated.

"No Elijah I took a damp rag and ran it along her skin." He nodded visibly looking more relaxed than he did few minutes ago. I didn't blame him of course, I was sure I would have acted the same way if it hadn't have been me and it had been some other guy. Well not exactly. Because I would have killed the other guy.

...

I lifted her up off of the couch. Luna.

She had fallen asleep, or at least I thought she had. Once I had her in my arms she jumped startled. But then relaxed when she saw it was me. Putting her head back on my chest, sighing as she did. Elijah had left to go shower, I suppose he wanted some time to think.

After laying her on the bed I had turned to leave. Not allowing myself to look at her, she had my shirt on. It wasn't some thing I saw every day. It didn't help at all that she looked good in it.

"Wait." I stopped her voice sending a shock through my body I thought she had fallen asleep again. She was always surprising me. Either with some thing she said, or did. Just when I thought I knew her she would change things up on me.

I sat on the bed, close to where she was laying. "I just wanted to say thank you. For saving my life, and for cleaning me up."

I shook my head allowing myself to brush my hand on her cheek. I was checking her temperature, a little higher than usual, almost normal. "No need to thank me love I'm just doing what I'm supposed to do."

"And what's that?" She asked confused by what I had said. I was always slipping up.

"Taking care of you."

She smiled although her eyes remained closed. Her breathing and her heartbeat had slowed down, her body was ready for sleep but her mind wasn't. She was still fighting.

"Why are you still fighting?" I asked caressing my thumb on her cheek. Enjoying the feeling of her soft skin. It was these little things that I did that satisfied me. That quenched the beasts' thirst. I couldn't avoid her completely. I couldn't avoid her at all. I needed to stop saying that I could and would. Because I didn't know what I would do once I saw her again.

Tears began to run down her face as she shook her head. "I'm afraid that if I go to sleep I'm not going to wake up."

"Luna love look at me." I said now leaning over her. She had looked away from me. I put my hand under her chin, forcing her to look at me. She was starting to getting hysterical.

Fear was plain as day on her face. I could see it in her eyes, I could hear it in her voice.

"Luna I am never going to let any thing happen to. You know that. And neither will Elijah."

"If any thing were to ever happen to me, I just want you to know that I love you and that it wasn't your fault."

"And I love you. But nothing is going to ever happen to you. Because I won't allow it." I said trying to ignore the warm, almost glowing feeling that I felt when she had said 'I love you'. It had been harder to say it back to her. Not because I didn't mean it but because after I said it, those three words I wanted to kiss her. I wanted to make her feel my love.

"Get some sleep, your going to need it. Tomorrow we go home." I said and I could see that she visibly shrunk down. "Would you kill me if I asked you to?" She asked I was glad to see that she had stopped crying. Although the fact that she even started still bothered me. Her words threw me off guard, causing me to laugh.

"Luna I think it's time you went to sleep, you are obviously exhausted."

She laughed I winced hearing the tiredness in her voice. She shouldn't ever be this tired.

"Will you stay?" She asked but I was already laying down on my back, beside her. My hands behind my head. Not for my comfort. To make sure that I didn't do any thing with my hands that I would regret. I wanted to rub my fingers threw her hair, having never done it before. I wanted to caress her skin. Putting my hands behind my head prevented me from doing such things.

"Of course, just until you fall asleep."

"You have to sleep Klaus. I feel bad for keeping you awake. You should go, I'm sorry for bothering you." Luna said turning her head towards me.

"Luna I have no where else to be. I am staying with you weather you like it or not." I said freeing one of my arms and holding it out to her. She took my hand with out hesitation closing her eyes.

I watched as her chest came and up down, slowing. I listened to her breathing and her heart become even. The grip that she had on my hand loosened, and I knew that she was gone.

In a deep deep sleep. Dreaming she wouldn't be up for hours. She would be lucky if she got up at all tomorrow.

I removed her hand from mine. I covered her up and tucked her in so she wouldn't get cold throughout the night. I looked towards the door and then to Luna. I knew I had to leave, Elijah had just gotten out of the shower. I was sure that he was going to want to have a chat with me. I had to do some thing first.

I vamped to the other side of her. Leaning over her face before putting my lips on her cheek. Kissing it. It was some thing I always did. It was a habit that I didn't plan on breaking any time soon.

I then vamped out of the space she was in. Before I could think about how good my shirt looked on her. How it enveloped her, how it swallowed her up.

"Where is Luna?" Elijah asked folding his arms over his chest. "I just put her to bed. She is asleep Elijah, she's fine."

...

Third Person Pov

...

The two originals were seated on the couch. Neither of them slept, both afraid that some thing might happen.

Nothing did. Things were quiet, to quiet for the brothers' liking.

Luna was still in her deep sleep. Elijah wanted to wake her up so that they could start the long drive back home. But Klaus wouldn't allow it. "Let her sleep brother." He had said.

Three phones were lighting up and vibrating (Klaus, Elijah's, and Luna's).

The two men didn't think it would be a good idea to tell any one what happened. Even though they were probably worried sick, both Elijah and Klaus knew that. But they also knew that it wouldn't be good if every one crowded around Luna.

Both Klaus and Elijah stood hearing knocking on the door. Elijah made his way to the door, telling his brother to stay close to Luna.

Luna, who was sitting up her her skin a few shades lighter than it normally was. Klaus helped Luna down from the bed, being careful not to hurt her leg. Even with her werewolf healing combined with Klaus' blood the leg was going to take a few days to heal maybe even a week. A hole had been put through her leg, combined with poison from the arrow it was going to take time.

"What's going on?" Luna asked as Klaus led her out of the bed and to the part of the room with the couch.

"Some one is at the door." He replied looking around as he did. He didn't hear any thing out of the ordinary, or smell any thing out of the ordinary for that matter.

"Well it can't be a bad guy right, bad guys don't knock on the door." Luna said looking around like Klaus was but much slower. She was still tired despite sleeping all night. Her muscles felt stiff and frozen in place. Not to mention her whole body ached. Her leg felt like it was hollow. Every gust of air, any movement brought her un-imaginable pain. At this point she would take the burning pain over this hollow-achy feeling.

...

Luna Pov

...

"So your the newest Halliwell." The man said and I raised my eye brows. Seeing Elijah walk in with a man. He was tall with dark hair and he had the coldest looking blue eyes I've ever seen. He looked like he could play a lawyer in one of those crime t.v. shows Kol watched. He had on a suit like Elijah. Except his was all black and he had no tie.

"Who are you?" I asked not really in the mood to fight any one. I really wanted to go lay back down curl up in a ball and wait for death to take me. My leg was killing me. I felt nauseous.

Klaus had his arm on my shoulders normally he wouldn't do this but I couldn't really stand with out support. And right now Klaus was acting as my support beam. God I loved him, he was so amazing and supportive.

Now wasn't the time to thank about how much I admired him. I had to be on guard. In case this 'friendly' meeting turned in to a fight.

"Oh me I am the Source of all Evil." The man said walking around the room, though his eyes still held mine.

"Am I supposed to know what that means." I said feeling a sharp pain in my ribs. I guess they hadn't been healed all the way. I doubled over, I would have fallen to the ground but Klaus was there to catch me. "Easy there love." He said though I could feel and hear how tense he was.

"But if you want my name given to me by my mother Cole. Cole Turned. Are you alright?" Cole asked stepping forward towards me. An odd expression on his face like he was trying to be concerned.

I raised my hand (the one that wasn't on my torso). "Give me one reason why I shouldn't throw you through that wall." I said and Cole smiled. Nodding his head, before he started laughing.

"That's the Halliwell spirit I know."

"Why are you here and what do you want?" I asked wincing as my leg started to throb.

Cole laughed again. Before stopping the laughter gone from his eyes, his face, like it had never been there in the first place. He looked like his eyes did, cold.

"I am here because of you. I felt a Halliwell's presence. I guess this means that your Chris' sister have you met him yet?" Cole said causing me to wince again. Not at the pain that I was feeling psychically but because of his words. I really wish I had my brother with me right now.

"Yes I have actually, do you know where he is?" I asked hoping that he did know. Maybe this Cole person was the one to help me get Chris back. I was willing to do almost any thing, even in the state of pain that I was in.

"What do you mean? Is he missing?" Cole asked stepping closer to me worry could be heard in his voice. I didn't have to look behind me to see Klaus and Elijah tense at his close proximity.

"He was kidnapped along with his father." I said and Cole twisted one of the two rings on his hand. "Figures. But let's not make this about him right now this is about you." He said pointing his finger at me.

"What about me?" I asked exasperated, this conversation was only adding to my anxiety and panic.

"You are in danger. I am here to help." Cole said flashing a smile holding his arms out like he was expecting a hug.

"Why do you care?" I asked causing Cole to shrug his shoulders. "You are a Halliwell for one thing. I was married to one of your kind. Despite my demon self. She had witch blood like you. Phoebe her name was. She saw things before they happened, she would get premonitions. When I lost her I gave up on my humanity."

No one said any thing so Cole continued his eyes would occasionally flicker to Klaus and Elijah, but his main focus remained on me.

"I knew your mother Madeline. She showed me how to care again. How to have fun. She was like a sister to me. So because of that I happen to care about what happens to you, and if you are in danger or not." I sighed grateful that he hadn't been in love with her. Because that would just make things weird, well weirder than they were now.

"If you cared so much about me and my mother then why did you let the witches take me?" I asked a part of me wanting to know. It was a fair question to ask. At least it was in my opinion.

"I didn't know you were taken Luna besides I was busy trying to find Madeline's killer." Cole said in a defensive tone. A tone that a lawyer would use.

"He's the one who's after me." I said not really wanting to say his name. I was even more scared of him then I was before. I was pretty sure those people at the house were going to take me to him. That wasn't exactly easy to take in. Did he plan to torture me? Like he did my mother? Or did he simply plan to kill me? Like he did my father.

"Yes Abbraxas had jumped through hoops to get to you. For reasons why I don't know. All I know is that there is a possibility you are going to be kidnapped again, taken some where. Some where I won't be able to find you, and your friends won't be able to either." Cole said gesturing to Klaus and Elijah.

"I am not going to be kidnapped again. Before I couldn't defend myself, but now I can." I said holding my head up high, letting the defiance streak I kept under-wraps show.

"You can't." Cole said before looking me up and down. His eyes moving to my leg, my arm on my torso, and then finally to Klaus' arm around my shoulders.

"I'm not as fragile as I look." I said trying to defend myself. It wasn't fair. What was I supposed to do fight them off, I was a child, a baby at that.

Cole laughed causing me to frown. Why was he laughing, more importantly why was he laughing at me.

"Your mother used to say that all the time. She used to think that she was invincible and so did every one else until the day she died."

"I know that I'm not invincible but that doesn't mean that I'm just going to let some one push me around." I retorted back. Feeling a bitter taste in my mouth. Every one talked about how brave and confident she was, my mother. How great she was. I wished that I could know her, I wonder how different things would be if she had never died. It hurt some times when I was reminded of that fact.

"I have to go. The Source of all evil is late for a meeting with a group of warlocks." Cole said smoothing his suit jacket out even though it was perfect, like Elijah's.

Cole pulled out a bracelet. And took my arm clasping it on my wrist. "This is a way to contact me. Just touch the triquetra symbol, think of me and I will appear." Cole said his hands still holding my wrist.

"What does it stand for?" I asked knowing that this symbol had to mean some thing. It looked important, felt important to. The bracelet was beautiful of course. The way it wrapped around my wrist twice, the silver color, the way the symbol tied it all together.

"The power of three. I would explain but like I said I am late, very late for a meeting. Maybe another time." Cole said dropping my wrist.

"Keep her safe." Cole said looking between Elijah and Klaus who both nodded, still looking uneasy.

"Luna try not to get yourself killed." He said before bursting in to flames and disappearing.

...

After Cole's dramatic exit Elijah decided that it would be best if we leave to go home to the compound. Klaus carried me every where, refusing to let me try and walk. Yes I knew that it was a strong possibility that I could fall on my face and hurt myself even more but that didn't mean I didn't want to try.

Elijah being the kind, caring man he was had offered to get some medicine for my leg, and for the nausea I was experiencing. I had how ever declined knowing that human medication wouldn't work. What ever the arrow had inside of it worked it's way in to my leg, my tissue, my blood. It was like this poison that was spreading throughout my body slowly, and painfully. wolvesbane would definitely be the cause of the burning feeling I felt. The achenes and the soreness could be because of the fighting, and added to every thing else I felt like I was dying. I even told Klaus this, he had simply said that he was not going to let me, and that I needed to stop thinking so negative. I was just so tired from lack of sleep, and of the pain that I was feeling.

We were driving, well Elijah was. Me and Klaus were sitting in the back seat. He insisted that he sat with me. I didn't complain to much, in fact I didn't complain at all. I enjoyed the time I had with him. Because I knew as soon as we got to the compound every thing would turn up-side down again. Meaning that Klaus and me would have less time together, being around each other. I was trying to absorb as much as him as possible.

I had my injured leg on top of his legs (he had insisted). He was sitting while I basically lounged out as much as possible.

My phone continued to ring, when Elijah and Klaus' grew silent. I ignored it. That was until Elijah brought it up.

"Luna I know it might not concern you at the moment but maybe you should answer your phone, to avoid facing trouble later."

I sighed realizing that Elijah was unfortunately right. I picked my phone up taking a deep breath, even though my ribs screamed in protest. I winced feeling that stabbing pain again.

"Oh my god, thank god your okay! What the fuck happened! Are you okay?!" Jake exclaimed and I closed my eyes fighting the urge to scream. I took the phone off my ear as he continued to rant on. "Remind me to kill my sister when we get home." I said and Klaus smirked devilishly and Elijah coughed.

I put the phone back on my ear, exhaling as I did.

"Luna are you sure your okay?" Jake asked I frowned noticing that his voice was higher than usual. Some thing his voice did when ever he got nervous which was all the time (around me).

"Yeah Jake I'm fine just a little banged up." I said sugar-coating the truth. I was more than a little banged up but I didn't want to tell him that, or any one else. Because then every one would lose it.

"Listen Luna we need to talk about us." Jake said causing me to open my eyes. Then close them again. Uhhh this was so not happening not now, not with Klaus and Elijah in hearing range.

"Jake there is nothing to really talk about. I'm your friend and you are my friend. That's as interesting as it gets." I said trying to steer the conversation away from where it was heading to.

"Hayley told you about the wedding right?"

"What wedding?" I asked digging my nails in to my palm. It was better than yelling. But I was sure that it was coming.

"Luna she said you were adverse to the idea of us getting married. Is this true?" Jake said causing me to sigh heavily.

Adverse to the idea. Really Hayley!

"And we don't have to have a baby right off if that's what your afraid of we can take our time." I felt sick at that very word 'baby'.

"Whoa whoa whoa Jake slow down. I can't marry you-" I started out saying feeling a headache come on. My leg had started burning again, and that only made the throbbing worse. But Jake cut me off.

"Why am I not good-" Jake started out saying but I cut him off. Feeling anger surge through me. Making the pain in my leg flare up and burn worse. But at that moment, in this moment I didn't care. I was angry.

Angry that Hayley hadn't told Jake exactly how adverse I was to this whole marriage deal.

Angry and embarrassed that this happened in front of Klaus and Elijah.

"Don't make this about you because it's not. It's about the fact that I don't want to be married to any one, not just you. I want to make my own decisions, and my own choices. I don't want to spend the rest of my life with some one telling me what to do. I refuse to be controlled. That part of my life is over and done." I said speaking what I felt. Not holding back. I had to stand up for myself.

"Luna we have to at least talk about this. Our options. What would be best for us the pack. Us getting married could change lives and save others."

I felt like I was suffocating. I was breathing of course but my lungs were protesting. It felt like all of my ribs were broken instead of the few.

I didn't bother to try and not cry. I was angry. And as soon as I knew that I realized how mad I was the tears had already started coming. But I was more okay with crying angry then I was crying sad. If I had to pick between them. If I could choose I would choose to not cry at all. But some times I didn't have a choice.

I did how ever have a choice in this marriage/binding ritual. I was not going to be controlled, forced to, or bribed to do this.

I meant what I said to Hayley. When I had told her that I would rather die than marry Jake. I would rather die twice than marry Jake.

"Jake there is no us. I don't know how many times I have to tell you that. What do I have to tell you to make you understand. And speaking of the pack what have they done for me lately. What about your life, what about my life. I am not going to act like some selfless brave person who is willing to sacrifice and give every thing away. I am going to be selfish. I am going to do the things I want to do." I said and Jake sighed sounding frustrated. Good he wasn't the only one.

"Luna you have to think about this-"

"I have thought about it. And I don't ever want to think about it again." I said before rolling down the window and throwing my phone out of it.

After that it was silent. I could tell by the look on Klaus' face that he was not happy. I couldn't really see Elijah, he was in front of me.

I had stopped crying, as soon as I had thrown my phone out of the window. I felt like a weight had been lifted off of my chest.

I was still angry, but not like I had been. The pain emitting from my leg was enough to make the anger inside of me dial down at least a little bit. "Are you alright?" Elijah asked. I looked up to see he was looking at me in the rear-view mirror. Klaus was looking at me to. His lips pursed, he was upset. As was Elijah. Elijah was the kind that sulked in silence when he was 'mad'. When Klaus was 'mad' he killed every one who tried to talk to him (except for me of course). When I was 'mad' I cried, usually and I hit stuff, like a punching bag, or Damon for instance. I didn't have that now. All I could do was cry, get it out of my system. But I resisted already feeling like I cried to much.

"No, no I'm not." I said speaking honestly. What was the point in lying? They had already heard every thing.

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Third Person Pov

...

"And we are home." Elijah said after pulling up to the compound. "Easy there love." Klaus said to Luna after helping her out of the car. She had practically hopped out. She was walking, limping more like it, but walking nonetheless. Both of the men knew that this probably hurt her very much, but they doubted that she could feel any thing because of the anger that she was feeling (although she'd pay for it later). Both of the men knew that she didn't care.

Davina came running out of the compound followed by Kol. Relieved looking expressions could be seen on their faces. Luna held up her hand silencing any conversation. "Where is my sister?" She asked her voice shaking, much like her hands.

Davina looked between Kol and Luna like she was uncertain about some thing. "Luna there's some thing you have to know first." She said looking at Luna as she shifted her feet.

"Hayley, Jackson, and Jake are trying to figure out a way to make you see reason, at least in there eyes." Davina said and Luna inhaled deeply. Klaus remained close to her afraid that she would fall over at any moment.

"Reason." Luna repeated and Kol nodded. Pulling her in for a hug (which she returned half hardheartedly). "They think that they can convince you to marry Jake to save your brother, Leo, and Rebekah." Kol said watching as Luna folded her arms against her chest. Either to hold herself together, or because she was just chilly.

"Well I won't." Luna said grasping every one's attention. "I love all three of them. But I know that they wouldn't want me to do some thing that I'm not going to be able to get out of."

"Does Damon know about all this?" Davina asked maybe he could pull the protective dad car or some thing. "No he doesn't, he is preoccupied right now." Elijah answered.

"There's no guarantee he'll take my side so let's not bring him in to this." Luna said but Kol shook his head. Disagreeing with her.

"Oh yes he would. Damon might joke around a lot, but there is no way he'd let you get knocked up." Kol said watching as Luna, Klaus, Elijah, and Davina flinched at his words.

"I wouldn't let you get knocked up either. No way. Your my best friend. I'd kill the bastard before it got that far." Kol said causing Luna to smirk. It didn't hold warmth like it usual did though. "Thank's Kol."

"Is there any thing else I need to know?" Luna said looking between Davina and Kol. The two shook their heads causing Luna to move forward. Klaus was of course beside her, his hand hovering over the small of her back, in case he needed to catch her. Davina and Kol were leading the three, well Luna mainly to where the other three where they were located. Elijah was in the back of Klaus running this over and over again how this was going to go down.

The five of them made it just out side of the door. They were all listening quietly to the three who were in a deep conversation.

"I mean the stronger we are the sooner we'll be able to find Chirs, Rebekah, and Leo." Hayley said speaking in a hushed voice.

"I don't know why she would say no." Jackson replied.

After hearing that Luna only felt her anger grow. But Luna, Klaus, Elijah, and Davina hadn't been the one to act. It had been Kol who had kicked the door in.

"Luna are you alright, I've been worried sick-" Hayley started out saying but Luna cut her off. "No Hayley I am not alright. I am hurting, in pain not that you care of course. Just like my health doesn't matter to you my feelings don't either. You sound worried. Especially when you try to ruin my life." Luna said causing Hayley to stand up from where she was sitting. Jackson and Jake stood to flanking her.

"Luna this would be could for the pack-" Jackson started out saying but Luna cut him off to. The four of them could see (Kol, Davina, Klaus, and Elijah) that Luna wasn't in much of a listening mood.

"Right because it sure as hell wouldn't be good for me. But that doesn't matter because I am supposed to bow down and just listen to what ever you guys say right?" Luna asked looking between Hayley and Jackson. She hadn't even looked at Jake yet. She was mainly focused on her sister. So focused that she forgot Klaus was behind her. Watching out for her like always.

"This is bigger than you-" Hayley started out saying but Luna again cut her off. "Don't start that 'it's so much bigger than you and me thing' because the fact of the matter is you are not going to be the one who is tied to some one, to some thing she doesn't want. And you won't be the one to carry this child. Because every thing that sucks I get stuck with, I get the end of the deal, I get the short end. I don't even know if I can get pregnant." Luna said throwing her embarrassed feelings out of the window like she did her phone.

"And why wouldn't you be able to-" Jake started out asking, speaking for the first time.

"I don't know Jake why don't you ask the witches who raised me." Luna replied. She didn't see the look Klaus had given him. To deep inside of her own anger to notice.

"You have to stop doing that. Listen before me I know your life was awful. That doesn't mean you brag about it to make us feel sorry for you." Hayley said and Luna sucked in a deep breath, before releasing it. Elijah winced hearing her ribs crack, as did Klaus. She was going to be in a lot of pain.

"I'm not bragging I am simply telling the truth. But if you don't believe me then maybe Davina and I could work up a spell that would allow you to see what I went through. I'm not trying to get attention, I am not trying to make you, any one else to feel sorry for me. And you mean before Klaus and Elijah came. Because with out them we wouldn't even be here right now having this argument." Luna said causing Hayley to glare at her sister. Even though what she had said was true. With out Klaus and Elijah the sisters would have never gotten out of the cave.

"Luna they aren't your family stop acting like they are." Kol opened his mouth to say some thing but Davina shook her head at him. Elijah did the same thing to Klaus who was now fuming.

"Stop it. Just stop all of this fighting is it really necessary." Jake said looking between Hayley and Luna.

"Why can't you just give in?" Jake asked looking at Luna. "Why can't you just give up. We will never happen." She said gesturing to herself and him. Hayley opened her mouth to speak but Elijah cut her off.

"You are wrong Hayley. Luna like yourself is apart of this family."

"And like the girl said the two of you will never happen so why don't you just stop thinking about it." Kol said to Jake who only glared up at him.

Luna turned. The anger she had was gone, the adrenaline rush along with it. She now felt weak. Her leg gave out on her finally, after all of this time. But Luna never felt the cold wood floor. Klaus had been their to catch her.

Of course Jake had reached for her to.

To catch her like Klaus had.

After picking her up in his arms Klaus smirked at Jake. Allowing him to put a little malice in it.

"I've got her."

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A/N: Please comment, I would appreciate your feedback