Hey guys! So this was a pretty crazy end of the year. So I could not write for a long time. I am sorry for the delay but here is this Chapter I hope you enjoy! Much love Sav
Johanna woke up chained up in the basement of the old witch house. At the time she was to drugged up to realize where she was. Esther moved from her place where she was reading a grimore, "I suppose you are wondering why you are here?" she asks.
The gypsy stirred slightly, "Witches have never liked your kind. You are all too powerful with no regulations. It is like my children there can be good vampires but, with no rules or punishments you all are doomed to the same disastrous fate," Esther took a vile with a needle, "When Fredrick, you knew him as Weston, came to me on the other side. He said he was willing to do anything so that he and his lover Bretana could gain the immortality they wanted long ago."
Johanna weakly tugged on the chains waking up more, "I mustered up enough power so he could take the body of another. He found you and earned your trust but, you're damned family was more important to you than I thought," Esther injected the vervain into Johanna, "By tonight your body will be as it should; ash. Then your people's power will never exist on this earth again."
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Chelsy stands in the woods, "I have looked at all her favorite spots. She isn't at any of them."
Xavier: Grant and I are going to continue looking. Please, tell Klaus and Kol.
"Okay will do," She nods to Rebekah and they start walking, "We are headed to their house now."
Xavier: Chelsy someone needs to tell Elena too.
"I know. Grant or I will tell her soon. Xavier don't worry, Everyone will be looking for her, we will find her." Chelsy states strongly hanging up. She gets in her car, Rebekah joins her, "Have you seen your mother?" Chelsy asked.
"No, not since last night but, I have been with you searching most the night."
"Yeah sorry about my timing." Chels says awkwardly, "I thought Grant would be alone… playing video games."
Rebekah laughed, "We were only kissing."
"Still awkward." Chelsy says quickly.
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Damon clinched his jaw, "Explain this to me again."
"Esther bound all the originals by my blood. All of them are going to die tonight." Elena looked at Stefan than him distraught.
"What's wrong?" Damon mocked, "You look like someone just shot a panda bear."
"To kill one you have to kill all. Including Elijah and he doesn't deserve this."
Damon scoffs, "If you thought that why did you give her your blood." She turns around to walk out.
Stefan stops her, "Elena you can't stop this. Klaus needs to die."
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Elijah looks at the sage that his mother was burning the prior night.
Rebekah walks into the living room, "Well well well there's our girl." Kol walks to his sister.
Rebekah rolls her eyes, "Get out of my way, Kol."
"Out all night what a scandal." Kol blocks her, "Who were you with, Grant was it?"
"Move or the next thing out of your mouth will be your teeth." Rebekah argues. Klaus listens quietly laughing.
"Enough," Chelsy walks in grabbing their attention, "Johanna is gone. We cannot find her anywhere."
Klaus stands up, "Where was she last seen? Have you been out all night?", he asks walking to the wolf.
"Not important and she was last seen at your families ball." Chelsy says sighing, "Kol,Xavier needs you to call him immediately, he says you theory could be right. Rebekah Grant and I have looked everywhere for her."
"Well you won't be able to search much longer if you are exhausted," Klaus says concerned, "Go home change and get some rest. Sister I suggest you do the same."
Kol jumps in, "I will call Xavier soon. While we wait for further orders, Nik and I can go have some fun." He smirks.
"Fun? You cannot seriously say you want fun when your mother has my best friend and could very well be wanting to kill you too." Chelsy loses her filter.
"Darling, relax, Johanna is immortal it will take a lot more than some magic to kill her." Kol retorts.
Chelsy tries to step up to Kol but Klaus intervenes, "Little wolf," he says grabbing her shoulders, "Let my brother and I take you home. We will be ready to help find Johanna but after you get some well needed rest."
Chelsy thinks about the idea of rest. It did not sit well with her to be resting while Johanna could be in far worse state. However, she knew Klaus was right for her to be able to stay strong she had to get some sleep. She sighs, "Fine lets go. But the minute you get orders you have to wake me up."
"Of course," Klaus says kindly.
The three of them walk out. Rebekah is about to go change when Elijah calls for her, "I am worried about mother," He confides in her, "Have you not noticed her strange behaviors?" He asks.
"Yes, Elijah I fear she may be planning something terrible. What has you so suspicious?," Rebekah asks him.
Elijah hands Rebekah herbs, "Burned sage. She was doing a privacy spell."
"We should ask Finn."
"I do not trust him. He hates what we are, He always has." He retorts.
She shakes her head, "Mother claims she has returned for one reason; to make our family whole. Why would she lie?"
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It was Fredrick's turn to watch Johanna. She started waking up and coughs, "You had me fooled," Her raspy voice fills the room, "Weston was a beautiful character, I should have realized your façade was too good to be true." She swallows hard. Her stare was cold, "You filled me with everything I needed but, when you thought I was ready to be formed into your puppet. You were to… to eager. Obsessive even."
Fredrick laughed, "What can I say, I wanted you to be willing to give yourself up."
"What will happen after all this?" Johanna asked.
"Esther will find two other bodies. One for Bretana and one for me. We will live till the earth ceases to exist." He says confidently.
"She won't let you have power." Johanna argues.
He shrugs, "A small price."
"What made you fear death so much?" she asks.
"You don't?" Fredrick becomes defensive.
Johanna thinks for a moment, "Everyone fears it, but only cowards run from it."
"I am no coward." He snaps.
"No? Then why are you hiding behind Esther?" Johanna asks, "Why are your hands shaking? Tell me this, why would you beg me not to go to certain places, see certain people, do certain things?" She adjust her position her head up. Even though, she was sitting the strong ora around her filled the entire room.
Johanna's eyes turn silver, "I can feel your fear, Fredrick, and you are seething with it. You think immortality will help you, well, guess again it will only amplify your cowardly ways," a manic grin grows on her face, "Go ahead kill me, I will love watching you from the other side begging to die because you can't escape the feelings inside you!" Fredrick jumps from his chair and injects Johanna with two vials of vervain. She gasps and convulse in pain. His eyes black as night he watches has she falling into darkness.
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Elena is getting dressed quickly. After hearing Johanna has disappeared her mind has been in a daze. All she could think about is how she could save her sister. She hears someone knock on the door and walks down stairs, she opens it to find Elijah, "Elena." He says.
"Elijah," She smiles.
"I was hoping you may accompany me." He tells her. Elena looks around nervously, "I want to show you something." He says.
She agrees to go with him and they arrive in the woods shortly after. "I forgot how much I missed this land." Elijah says fondly.
Elena gets out of the car, "I can't even imagine what it would have been like 1000 years ago."
"Did you know your school was built over ancient Indian grounds? It's where I saw my first werewolf. Town square was built where the natives would gather and by that there was a field where wild horses used to graze." He explains
"That's incredible." Elena says
They walk to a certain couple of rocks, "Do you know this place too?" Elena asks.
"I do. Below us is a cavern I use to play in as a boy," Elijah touches the rocks, "Connects to a system of tunnels that stretch across the entire area. Perhaps it's nature's way of providing us with shelter against the savagery of the full moon. My mother said there must be a balance." He bent down and touched the dirt.
Elena looked around, "Elijah, I should probably go home."
He stood up, "I admire you, Elena. You remind me of qualities I valued long before my mother turned us. It's not in your nature to be deceitful and yet when I asked about your meeting with my mother the other night, you lied to my face." Elijah looked at her
"That's not true. I told you that all your mother wanted was a new start." She tries to argue.
Elijah shakes his head, "I can hear your heartbeat. It jumps when you're being dishonest with me. You lied to me at the ball; you are lying to me now. Tell me the truth." He demanded
"I never wanted this to happen." She said with guilt ridden eyes.
Elijah presses for an answer, "What, Elena?"
"We were told that whatever was going to be in that coffin was going to kill Klaus. When we found out that it was your mother...We didn't know what to think." She tells him.
"Since her return she says she only wants this family whole again."
Elena sighs, "When she asked to see me, I...I thought that maybe she could help. That she would find a way to kill Klaus. It's not just Klaus that she wants to kill."
Elijah puts two and two together, "She wants to kill us all, doesn't she? She wants to undo the evil she created."
"I'm so sorry, Elijah. I wish there was something I could do to help." Elena steps forward.
"You know, one thing I've learned on my time on this Earth...be careful what you wish for." He breaks a hole in the ground, grabs Elena, and jumps down the hole with her.
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"She doesn't seem dangerous to me." Abby says looking at Johanna. She was still in her dress from the night before. But, she was pale and looked a mess.
"Her power is." Esther says, "I will be doing two spells at once. One that will reverse Johanna's life till her body is ash. Then after the gypsies power will be searching for a body to be placed in. I will harness the power with your help so I can kill my children. Tonight sisters we will make this world finally balanced again. For that I thank you."
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"Matt it's okay. Can you just forgive yourself?" Andrea was walking behind Matt, who was cleaning.
"I just feel bad." He walks behind the bar and she sits on a bar stool.
"No worries mate, I kept her company." Andrea hears a devilish voice behind her. Her eyes widen and Matt's brows furrow.
"He means one dance." Andrea explains quickly.
"I know what I meant, darling." He sat beside her.
Matt went into the back, "I got some work to do."
Andrea tries to stop him, "Matt wait!" her voice gets quiet as he walks away. She overhears Klaus, "Oh come on now let's not go blaming the new family in town just cause you lot have a killer at large." She looks pass Kol and the Hybrid and across the bar she sees her cousin and Alaric.
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Elena is walking through the underground tunnels. She sees light but is quickly blocked by Rebekah.
"What are you doing here? Elena asks.
"Not much," Rebekah says tilting her head, "Unless you try to run in which case I get to kill you." She smirks.
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"I can't find Elena anywhere." Stefan says walking into his house.
Stefan is shocked to see Elijah sitting by the fire place, "Hello, Stefan." he says calmly.
Damon looks to his brother, "He has Elena."
"Actually, she's with Rebekah. As you can imagine, my sister is just dying to tear her throat out." Eljiah stands up, "So...if you want to save Elena's life, I need you to help me stop my mother."
"I'm a little embarrassed to admit," Damon says sarcastically, "but when it comes to killing thousand year old resurrected witches, I'm a little rusty."
"Yes, unfortunately, even when killed my mother doesn't seem to want to stay dead. Not with the spirits of nature at her side." Elijah states taking a swig of his drink.
"So, what are we supposed to do?" Stefan asks bluntly.
Elijah looks at the fireplace, "The witches that released my mother, she's drawing her power from their bloodline, that line needs to be broken."
"Broken?" the youngest brother asks.
The eldest steps in, "Yeah, he means." Damon makes a cutting motion with his forefinger over his neck.
Stefan clinches his jaw, "You want us to kill them."
"You know I'd do it myself, but I have absolutely no idea where they are." He says with a small sarcastic smile, "Besides, seeing me, they'd immediately know my intent. They won't expect to be harm by the likes of you. In any case, you have until six minutes after nine to find them."
"Oh, how super specific of you." Damon said sarcastically.
"By 9:07, the moon will be full, my mother will have the power she needs to kill me and my family. If you do not stop her before then, Rebekah will kill Elena. So we all have our timeline? I suggest you get started."
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"Bonnie," Johanna coughs, "you don't have to do this." The young witch hears Johanna but is determined to ignore the gypsy. She was chained up in the middle of a salt circle. She had dried blood on the crown of her head. Johanna's hazel eyes were murky and blood shot; her hair was wild and tangled. She still wore her blue dress from the ball but it was ripped.
She coughed and sat up, "Bonnie nothing good comes from homicide." she yells in a raspy voice. Bonnie looks at Johanna with guilt being turned by her words.
Fredrick stood next to her and he quickly kicks Johanna in the stomach, "Do not listen to her, witch. She just fears death like the coward she is. Do not let your ancestors down." He states with malice.
"We were friends!" Johanna yells in pain, she moaned, "Elena would never forgive you." Fredrick kicked Johanna again and she screamed.
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Chelsy passed back and forth, "Come on Grant! Focus."
Grant stopped chanting, "Someone is blocking me," he continued to chant louder.
Xavier stood to the side. Suddenly, his eyes turned gold and he grunted in pain. Grant stopped chanting, "X, what's up." He quickly stepped over to Xavier and put his hand on his shoulder. Grant was taken into the vision.
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Esther entered the salt circle, "Fredrick your body will be the first to turn to ash. This is the reversal of your life in this world. Yours will be quick ,painless really, for you have only entered the world for such a short time." Esther turned to Johanna, "Yours will be painful. I suggest you don't fight my power and you will go much quicker."
Johanna looked up from her feeble position in disgust.
"Shall we begin." Esther said with a sickening smile. She chanted three words and automatically Fredrick's body made a sickening crack and he fell to the ground.
As she continued chanting, Johanna felt her insides burning. She was not going down without a fight. She pushed with all her practice against Esther. Johanna screamed as her body felt as though it was being electrocuted.
Esther stopped her chant, "Sisters I need your assistance."
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The two guys gasped coming out of the vision. They looked at each other with worried looks on their faces "Well did you see her?" Chelsy asked the guys.
Xavier looked at her sadly, "I promised her I would protect her." He stood up angrily.
Chelsy looked at Grant. He was distraught and there was water rimming her eyes, "I know where Jo is. We need to go to her now."
"Esther has her. We won't be able to get anywhere near her. She doesn't have much time" Xavier had fear in his eyes.
"I don't care man. She is my best friend, I love her. I won't let her die. At least not alone." Grant said with determined look in his eyes.
"I won't either," Chelsy stood next to Grant, "She was there for me when I had no one. What about you Xavier?"
"I swore to protect her. I won't let her down now." They start walking when Chelsy's phone goes off. The caller idea showed Damon's name.
"Damon?"
Damon: I need your help. I need you to distract Klaus. Andrea is distracting Kol.
"I can't right now." Chelsy said quickly.
Damon: Why not? We are saving Elena.
"Damon. Esther has Johanna… she is in pain a lot of pain. Esther is going to kill her," Chelsy had tears in her eyes.
Damon: What? Why did I just hear about this?
"I am so sorry I did not think to tell the guy who helped Esther out of her coffin!"
Damon: I did not help them. I tried to stop-
"Seriously Damon this is a pointless argument. Johanna could die soon, Damon. I won't let her die alone."
Damon: She won't die, Chelsy. If you help us. She is not going to die.
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Alaric is on the phone with Damon near the pool table where Meredith and Andrea is playing pool. Klaus and Kol are merrily drinking
"Yeah, no, they're still here. Yeah, they've drank their way through half the Grill's liquor supply."
Damon: Good. It'll be easier if they're wasted.
"So, what's the plan?" Alaric asks.
Damon: Divide and conquer. First, we'll need a little wolf distraction.
Chelsy walked in confidently. She nodded to Alaric in respect. At least for tonight Elena's friends and Johanna's were working together perfectly.
Kol pointed to Chelsy, "I remember her from last night. She looks like a tasty little thing." He smirked.
Klaus looked her up and down, "Say another word and I'll tear out your liver." He threatened, "Chelsy!" he shouts towards her.
"Klaus," she smiles.
He holds his glass up, "Join us for a drink?"
Chelsy smirks, "Mmm, I'd rather die of thirst. But thanks." She quickly bounces out of the Grill.
"Isn't she stunning?" He states.
Kol smirks. "She certainly looks good walking away from you."
The hybrid laughs, "I'll take that as a challenge." He puts his drink on the counter and walks after Chelsy. Outside, she has just crossed the road, and Klaus runs after the wolf."
"Little Wolf!"
Chelsy finally stops and turns around, "Big Bad, I have places to be. You probably have another drink to have." She turns around.
"Don't be angry, love." He grabs her and turns her around, "How can I quit myself?"
"You can bring my brothers back." Chelsy said honestly.
Klaus sighed, "They will be here soon enough. Everything will go back to the way it once was."
She sits down on the bench and Klaus follows, "Come on, get to know me. I dare you." Making her laugh.
"So, what do you wanna talk about?" Chelsy says swinging her legs.
"I want to talk about you." He says smiling, "Your hopes, your dreams, everything you want in life."
"Just to be clear, I'm too smart to be seduced by you." She smirks.
"That's why I fancy you, Little Wolf."
Inside the grill Kol watched Andrea play pool. He was eager to make his move and, he walked up up to the vampire, "A woman of your caliber ought to choose more suitable company. Where is your commoner of a boyfriend?"
She rolled her eyes, "He is not a commoner." She said setting up her next shot.
Kol laughed, "Let's try that again. Shall we?"
"You may have ruined my relationship," Andrea said angrily, "Do me a favor and get lost." She pushed past him to put her pool stick up.
"And why would I do that?" He walked behind her trapping her close to a wall, "I like pretty little things with sharp tongues."
Kol moved in closer to the young vampire and touched her face. She quickly slaps his hand away. Alaric walked up from behind, "I'm pretty sure she told you to get lost." he stated confidently.
The original laughs, "I'm pretty sure I don't care," he turned around and faces Alaric who then stabbed Kol with a dagger. Kol fell with a grunt onto Alaric's shoulder
"Next time, take a hint." Alaric said quickly moving out the back door.
Outside the grill Chelsy is still talking with Klaus. His face changed and he touched his chest.
Chelsy tried to compose herself, "What is it?" she calmly asked.
"What did you do?" he grunted.
"Nothing." Chelsy stood up quickly.
Klaus grabbed Chelsy's shoulders forcibly, "What did you do?!" he asked more demanding.
Cheesy cracks, "Klaus I am sorry, Johanna she is in trouble. Your mother she is…" she tried to explain everything.
He looks to the grill, "Kol" he let go of Chelsy and walked quickly over there. Chelsy followed behind.
At the back of the Grill, in an alley way, Alaric and Andrea drag Kol's body out. Stefan and Damon are waiting for them
Alaric struggled with the dead weight, "Here grab him."
Stefan takes the body, "Good work Andrea." Damon said with a smirk.
Andrea rolled her eyes and before she had a time to respond Klaus rushed into the alley. He undaggered Kol and knocked Alaric against the wall. Stefan tried to attack Klaus but Klaus knocked him down too. Chelsy is at the top of the stairwell with a guilty look on her face.
Klaus stood close to Damon, "I should have killed you months ago." he growled.
"Do it." Damon dared, "It's not going to stop Esther from killing you."
"What did you say about my mother?"
Chelsy ran closer to the Hybrid, "Klaus your mother is not who you think she is."
Andrea is about to help Damon when Kol sped over to her. He pinned her to the brick wall by her neck. She gasped in pain."tisk tisk darling." he growled.
Klaus was about to attack Damon. Elijah suddenly appeared at the top of the stairs, "Leave him! We still need them, Niklaus."
He let go of Damon and walked to his older brother, "What did mother do? What did she do, Elijah?"
Kol lets go of Andrea's neck. She looks down fearfully and Kol smirks.
Elijah walked briskly down the stairs towards Stefan, "Tell me where the witches are now, or I will have Elena killed."
Damon looked up at the clock tower, it's 8:30, "You told me we had until after nine."
"I'm sure Rebekah will be more than happy to start her work early."
Stefan remains silent.
Chelsy looked at her phone she had several text from Grant.
Grant: Chelsy hurry. X said Jo is getting worse.
Grant: Chels get out of there… distracting Klaus won't save Jo
Grant: Chels… It's a full moon.
Chelsy looks up from her phone, "Ahhh damn it," she yelled, "I cannot believe… Damon this whole waste of time was to help Elena. Johanna goes first. You could save the originals but it wouldn't save her. " She growled a little.
Klaus turned to Chelsy, "It's a full moon. You need to be in the woods."
Chelsy felt the pain coming, "There is no time…" she barely gets out.
Klaus picked her up, "Elijah text me where to meet you." he zoomed off.
"This is final, tell us where the witches are or Elena dies." Elijah states.
"they are at the old salem house." Damon said quickly.
"Damon!" Stefan scolded.
"What Stefan! Our time is out. Johanna and Elena could die tonight."
Grant pushed open the exit door, "Chelsy," he called out.
Kol says quickly, "She is gone, mate, My brother took her."
Grant looked around at everyone, "You all need to move now."
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Johanna continues to fight against Esther's magic though her struggling is becoming weaker by the minute. Tears ran down her sweaty face. Fredrick's limp body, suddenly, turns to dust as Esther begins to chant louder.
Johanna slowly looks to the left of her and hope springs up within her. Klaus, Elijah and Kol walk up to the circle. She starts to struggle harder and Kol walks up quickly. However, the witches were protecting the circle. No one could get in if Esther did not want them there.
Kol glares at Finn, "That's just perfect. You are hiding behind mother just as you always have."
"My Sons" Esther says abruptly, "Have you come to plead for your lifes'?"
"Enough of this." Klaus demands, "Or I will have to send you back to hell." He stared at Johanna and for a moment his tough exterior melted away. He truly felt sorry for the young girl.
"Niklaus it is time I be rid of you once and for all. You are a plague on this earth. Even you, Elijah, who claims to nobility. Are no more virtuous than the rest. I will reset the balance of nature," she looks at Johanna, "I will end two plagues and finally the spirits will be pleased," Johanna starts to scream in pain, "It's time." Esther continues to chant.
Johanna shrieks in absolute agony as she scratched her face. Kol and Klaus attempt to walk closer once again but the fire and salt around the circle prevent them from getting closer. Johanna looks up at Kol in pain. A force snaps her back breaking it instantly. She falls limp in a heap
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Bonnie is walking to the basement when she hears movement in the house. She turns around to be startled by Stefan, "Stefan, what are you doing here?"
"Rebekah has Elena. If we do not stop Esther by 9:08 Rebekah will kill her." He says bluntly.
"I can't stop her. She is channeling us." The witch replies, "even if you did kill us Esther is channeling living and dead witches from our line."
"If you cannot stop her. The only other way is to make one of you not a witch anymore."
Damon in the basement quickly feeds Bonnie's mom his blood then says, "It will only hurt a little." He snaps her neck.
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The fire grows instantly and Esther's hands begin to shake, "No! Sister's do not abandon me." She yells desperately. The three originals turn away from the bright light. Finn grabs his mother and leaves quickly. When the fire dies down, Kol looks to Johanna who is still on the ground. He rushes to her and repositions her body. Kol checks her pulse and sighs in relief, "She is breathing."
Johanna gasps awake and looks around then locks eyes with Kol, "Where am I? Who are you?" she asks in a daze. He is about to answer but her head lolls back, "We need help.. a wreck." Kol's eyebrows quickly furrow, "Please help them… We are supposed to be going to…" Her eyes slowly closed.
Damon appeared next to Johanna, "no no no" he whispered to himself. He looked at Kol, "I got her from here."
Kol looked to Damon and nodded. Elijah walked up to him, "Kol come we need to try to find Esther."
Klaus agreed, "They could not have gone far." The three originals left. Damon looked down at Johanna. She was mangled and bloody but she was breathing. He felt great relief but at the same time his gut knew something was different about her.
He gently wiped her hair out of her face. "What did they do to you?" he asked. He picked her up as gently as he could and sped to the Gilbert house.
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Grant and Xavier bursted into the Gilbert house. Grant ran up to Johanna's room and Xavier quickly followed. Johanna's door was closed and Damon was leaning against the wall.
"Where is she?" Grant asked.
"Inside her room. Andrea is changing her and cleaning her up."
"How is she?" Xavier asked.
Damon looked down to the ground, "She was…" his voice almost cracked, "when I found her she looked like she was on the brink of death."
"It's a miracle she survived," Grant said, "The spell Esther was preforming. It should have only taken minutes to complete."
"She fought Esther. Kol called me, When they arrived Johanna was still fighting the spell. The other gypsy sacrificed was long gone." Xavier said quietly.
Damon asked, "Have they found Esther?"
"No."
Andrea walked out of the room, "She is cleaned up but I think she needs a doctor. I should call Meredith."
Damon and Grant walked into the room quickly. They both stopped when they saw the gypsy.
Xavier touched Andrea's shoulder kindly, "That would be wonderful. Please get Elena also."
Andrea nodded and grabbed her phone. Damon thought Johanna looked peaceful and a world away from earlier this night. Her hair was wet an on her pillow; she was in some pajama bottoms and a tank top. She was unconscious still but she was holding on to her life.
"Oh Johanna," Xavier said, "Please make it." He walked to her bed and sat down looking at her, "we still need you kid."
Damon felt more sad than he ever felt before. It was unbelievable hard to even be in the same room as Johanna. He walked out quickly. Both Xavier and Grant noticed the sudden movement.
"Grant please watch over her. I need to speak with Damon." Xavier said quietly.
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Caroline shut the door and Elena started to walk back to her car. Andrea stood by it her eyes were filled with tears.
"Andrea what's going on?" Elena asked.
"It's Johanna."
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Damon sat out on the porch of the Gilbert house. He had a glass of whiskey in his hand, "It is hard to see the one you love in pain." Xavier said walking out of the front door.
Damon looked at him confused, "You don't feel like you love her yet but the bond is undeniably, no?" Xavier asked.
"I can't be in there," Damon admits, "Its like I feel her pain."
Xavier smiles sadly, "You do feel her pain. The bond has been growing between you for awhile now, I presume."
Damon furrowed his brows, "What bond?"
"The soul bond. Every gypsy has one to another creature on earth. It is picked at random by ancestors before us." Xavier explained
"I am not a gypsy." Damon quipped.
Xavier looked at Damon, "As I said before, It is picked at random. Every being could be a soul mate."
"I don't understand."
Xavier sat down next to Damon, "She will need you someday, Damon. A gypsy can barely survive with out their soul mate once they found them."
"You are alone and you look like you are doing just fine." Damon pointed out.
"I never found my soul mate." Xavier said sadly.
Damon stood up about to walk inside. Xavier stood and grabbed his arm, "Damon I know you are not 100% ready to realize it. But just be there for her especially after this."
Damon clinched his jaw and nodded, "Of course."
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Johanna is laying unconscious in her bed in the Gilbert House. Xavier, Damon, and Grant are sitting around Johanna's room. While Dr. Fell finishes checking Johanna's vital signs and Xavier watches closely.
"She is checking out okay. She has some bruising around her stomach but she is okay. Her heart is pumping strong and nothing is broken."
Xavier furrows his brows, "Wait her heart is pumping strong?"
"Yes," Meredith laughs, "That is normally a good thing."
"Check Damon's pulse for me please." Xavier asked.
Meredith does as she was asked, "Significantly slower." she states.
Andrea opens the door and Elena is standing in the door way, "Johanna," Elena gasps. She runs to her sister's side, "Is she okay?" she asks with tears in her eyes.
Meredith puts a hand on the girls shoulder, "Shaken but still completely healthy."
"Her heart is beating strongly." Xavier says as a question.
"and Damon's was slower…" Grant finishes his friends thought, "Meredith check Andrea's"
"Why?" Andrea asks reluctantly.
"We are testing something out," Grant states calmly. Meredith goes over to her cousin and test her heart beat.
"Again like Damon's it is much slower. It probably has something to do with there vampirism."
Xavier nods, "Johanna was a dead gypsy. She drank blood to stay strong. I would assume that hers would also have a slower heart beat."
"But what does that mean?" Elena asks holding her sister's hand.
"The spell Esther was casting on her was a reversal spell." Grant states, "The first gypsy was mortal. So the reversal was quick. Johanna not only fought Esther but she was immortal. She would have to technically become mortal again for her to turn to dust like the first Gypsy."
"You said it though. She fought" Elena argues.
"But she wasn't strong enough to fight off the first part of the reversal." Damon stands up from the window seat.
"Which means Johanna is mortal again." Xavier says sternly.
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