Hey everybody! Thanks for the great reviews, and here's the next chapter! It's a bit shorter, but that's because I split up the rest of the sacrifice into two chapters. So here we go!

Chanting filled the air as the flames rose around the trio. Elena's hair whipped around her face, and she watched as Klaus sauntered over to the werewolf. Even though Jules had tried to kill her best friend, she still found herself pitying the helpless werewolf. If Elena survived the ritual, she still wouldn't survive her transformation. It seemed like she was a magnet for catastrophes and sadness.

She was still grieving Jenna's death and she could already sense the dread of Jules' death on her conscience. Hell, she felt sorry for Peter—and he was the reason all of this was happening. The list of deaths she had caused seemed to get longer every week, and Elena knew that the moment her emotions were heightened to vampire level she would snap.

Elena was quickly brought out of her musings as Maddox's chanting died down. Slowly, the enflamed circle around the werewolf receded. Jules looked up at the original with fear sweeping across her features, and Elena could tell she was about to flee. However, before the woman could even get to her feet, Klaus was kneeling in front of her with his hand shoved through her chest. Elena gasped, and a strangled sound made its way out of Jules' throat as the life faded from her body.

John's eyes were filled with sorrow as the original ripped the werewolf's heart out and walked to the stone pedestal. Klaus dropped the heart into the large bowl, and smiled menacingly as Maddox continued to pour various liquids. Turning a full 180 degrees to face the terrified doppelganger and her father, he shot the same thousand-kilowatt smile to them, nearly laughing as he saw the pain and fear flitting across their faces.

As Klaus waltzed over to the father-daughter-duo, Elena's fear began to turn into anger. What gave this original-douche the right to take away another family member from her? However, as much pride as Elena possessed, she wasn't against begging when John's life was on the line. "Please, Klaus. Please don't do this!" Elena gasped, begging for her father, since he seemed incapable of doing it himself. "I'll do anything—just let him go!"

Klaus cocked his head to the side, which only served to infuriate Elena more. "Ms. Gilbert. I have been waiting for this curse to be broken for over a thousand years. I am not about to stop this sacrifice to save your family unit."

With this snide comment, Elena felt her temper break. "What family unit? My parents are dead, and your brother killed my aunt!" Elena yelled, choosing to leave Jeremy out, "John is all I have left. Please don't take him from me." Elena knew that John was staring at her, but she couldn't find it in her to meet his eyes while she was waiting for Klaus's decision. But as hopeful as she normally was, she knew that the chance that Klaus would call this off was slim to none.

"I'm sorry, but I can't do that, Elena. I'm sure you'll recover."

As the ring of fire began to disappear from around John, Elena frantically scrambled to the edge—breathing heavily as she tried to get to her father for one final time. "No. no, no, no, no! Please!" Elena screamed at the original as he walked towards John. Realizing that her screeches and sobs were affecting nothing, she redirected her efforts. "John! I forgive you…for everything. I hope you know that."

John looked at Elena, and for the first time ever he felt like he could truly see his daughter for what she was: a strong, independent, beautiful young woman. And just as he was about to reassure her, he felt Klaus's arm rip through his chest. The last thing he felt before Klaus ended his existence was a single tear roll down his cheek, and finally death.

Watching another family member die in front of her eyes, Elena fell to the ground, letting out a tortured scream.

Okay, I know it was short :( But hey, the next few chapters are going to be insane (and a lot longer!), so I hope it makes up for the lack of words in this chapter. I just felt like this was where the sacrifice needed to be cut off, because otherwise it would have been over 2,000 words long-way longer than normal! Anyways, I hope the sacrifice scenes are serving justice to the show, because the show did it perfectly. Feedback is love people, so read and review!

-kiki :)

ps: I give last week's episode an A. Not an A+ like the week before, but still really good :) As much as I love Elena, I still think she was a little harsh. She called Damon and was like "Get over it, dude" and after what she said to him at the ball, she had NO right to say that. Also, it seemed like the plot lines were hard to believe, because let's face it. We knew Rebecca wasn't going to kill Elena. We knew Esther wasn't going to kill her family. And why the heck should we care that Bonnie's mom died? I didn't even like her! OH! And Bonnie, SERIOUSLY? How the hell is it Elena's fault that your mom was dead? Technically she had no choice in the curse (To quote Esther at the ball, "Shall you do it? Or shall I?"), and why do you care that your mom who DESERTED YOU 15 YEARS AGO is turning? She had no powers and she really didn't care about you! Heck, she barely even knew your name, Bobbie! And come on, Caroline (Who I love-Caroline shall she live forever!), Bonnie is always on the losing end? Really? Hm. Because I'm pretty sure that Elena has lost a hell of a lot more than she has. Elena-Mom, Dad, John, Isobel, Jenna, John, kind-of-Jeremy, and counting. Bonnie-Grams. That's TOTALLY equivalent. But as much as I've bagged on a bunch of stuff in the episode, I still hold true to my belief that this episode-while not as good as "Dangerous Liasons"-was still pretty kick-ass :)