Chapter Three:
The next day Elena, Stefan, and I were sitting on the couch in the library while Elijah stood in front of us.
"Tonight is a full moon. We should assume that Klaus is prepared to break the curse." Elijah said to us.
"Elena said that the sun and the moon curse is a fake. That it's actually just a curse placed on Klaus." Stefan said to Elijah.
"Klaus is a vampire born of a werewolf bloodline. The curse has kept his werewolf aspect from manifesting. But if he breaks it, he'll be a true hybrid." Elijah said to us.
Damon then walked into the library.
"Then why are we letting him break the curse? We can kill him today. With Bonnie." Damon said to us.
"Damon." Stefan said to Damon warningly.
"No. Bonnie can't use that much power without dying." Elena said to Damon.
"And that's not happening." I said to Damon.
"I'll write her a great eulogy." Damon said to us.
"It's not an option, Damon." Elena said to Damon.
Stefan then looked at Elijah.
"All right, how do we break this curse?" Stefan asked Elijah.
"Well, the ritual itself is relatively straightforward. The ingredients, so to speak, you already know." Elijah said to us.
"The moonstone." Stefan said to Elijah.
"A witch will channel the power of the full moon... to release the spell that's bound within the stone. After that, Klaus, being both werewolf and vampire... will sacrifice one of each." Elijah said to us.
"And where do I fit into it?" Elena asked Elijah.
"The final part of the ritual. Klaus must drink the blood of the doppelganger… to the point of your death." Elijah said to Elena.
Stefan then held Elena's hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze.
"And that's where you come in." Elena said to Elijah.
Elijah then pulled out a very old looking vile from a wooden box that was sitting on a table and held it up for us to see.
"This is an elixir that I acquired some 500 years ago for Katerina. It possesses mystical properties of resuscitation." Elijah said to us.
"So I'll be dead?" Elena asked Elijah confusedly.
"And then you won't." Elijah said to Elena.
"That's your plan? A magical witch potion with no expiration date?" Damon asked Elijah skeptically.
Damon then looked at Elena.
"You wannna come back to life, what about John's ring?" Damon asked Elena.
"Those rings only work on humans. A doppelganger is a supernatural occurrence. Odds are the ring won't work." Elijah said to us.
"I'd take those odds over your elixir." Damon said to Elijah.
Damon then looked at Elena.
"What if it doesn't work, Elena?" Damon asked Elena.
"Then I guess I'll just be dead." Elena said to Damon.
"Just like I will be." I said to Elena.
"We don't know for sure if you're the werewolf sacrifice. It might be someone else." Elena said to me reassuringly.
"Oh, come on, Elena. I'm the obvious choice. I'm the only werewolf in and around Mystic Falls. Why would Klaus bother to find another one somewhere else while I'm right here for the taking? That doesn't make sense." I said to Elena.
"Caitlin…" Elena began to say to me before I interrupted her.
"No! I don't want to talk about it anymore. I just want to spend my last day at The Grill eating a cheeseburger and reading my favorite book, okay? So I'm out of here." I said to them.
I then stood up and walked out of the library and then out of the Salvatore Boarding House. Once outside I got in my car and drove home so I could grab the book that I was reading yesterday before heading over to The Grill.
When I walked into The Grill I sat down at a booth at the very back and then Elena's ex Matt came over and took my order. After that I started reading until my order came and then I stopped reading to eat my cheeseburger and fries.
It was after I was done eating my food and was about to go back to reading my book when I met Klaus in person. A tall man with sandy blonde hair and blue-green eyes walked up to me.
"Mind if I join you?" The man asked me with an English accent.
"Not at all." I said to the man smiling.
The man then sat down across from me.
"Thanks, love." The man said to me smiling.
As soon as he called me love I knew exactly who he was.
"Klaus." I said to Klaus.
"In the flesh." Klaus said to me grinning.
I then went to stand up but Klaus pulled me back down to my seat.
"Easy, love. I'm not going to hurt you." Klaus said to me.
"Why? Because you need me alive for tonight?" I asked Klaus.
"No. I already have a werewolf for tonight and it's not you." Klaus said to me.
"You… what? I don't understand. Why find another one when I'm right here? I'm the closest werewolf in the area." I said to Klaus.
"Two, actually." Klaus said to me.
"Two werewolves? You found two other werewolves to use for your ritual tonight? Why?" I asked Klaus confusedly.
"Would you prefer that I used you?" Klaus asked.
"No. I just don't understand why you'd go through the trouble of locating two werewolves to use instead of using me. It doesn't make sense." I said to Klaus.
"Trust me, love, it'll make sense to you one day." Klaus said to me.
"I highly doubt that." I said to Klaus.
Klaus then stood up.
"Enjoy the rest of your day, sweetheart. Make sure you lock yourself up nice and tight tonight. Don't want you running about." Klaus said to me.
Klaus then walked away from me and I stared after him in confusion as he walked out of The Grill.
After that I went back to the Salvatore Boarding House and had Ric lock me up in one of the cells in the basement where I stayed for the rest of the day and night.
As the full moon grew closer I removed my clothes except for my bra and underwear so they would not be torn to shreds as I turned and I drank a water bottle full of wolfsbane to make myself weak while I was a wolf.
When the full moon hit its apex I began screaming in pain and rolling all over the floor of my cell as all of the bones in my body began to break and take the shape of a wolf and then I blacked out.