Really late update, I know, but I haven't been very well all week. I hope you enjoy it anyway.

I won't be updating again until the end of next week as I need to catch up on school I've missed, sorry. But thanks all for reading, I'm glad you enjoy my story :)

Chapter eight

Damon's POV

Events had certainly changed direction since the new foursome of original vamps had showed up. They were all very confident within themselves; retaliating back with their own snarky comments every time I made one at them. I didn't even know why I was doing it, to be honest. Making comments that were not needed, I mean, they were here to save us - well, me - but I couldn't bring myself to trust them. Lily could, but that was because she shared a bloodline with them, even if she hated it, she still automatically trusted them.

I had dragged one of the kitchen room chairs into the living room, by the window and was sat arms crossed, head on the back of the chair, looking up at the ceiling. On the sofas in front of me, were Kol, Henrik and Finn, Elijah and Lily were on the opposite sofa to them. Rebekah had wondered off to look at the house and to annoy the others who had retired to their own rooms for a good nights sleep. Lily and the original men were planning and strategizing every way they could change her future, they were planning on testing changes by using Bonnie to send her into visions without Spencer, so Lily could actually move around in the vision and see it from all angles.

Right now they were choosing the most easiest options. They planned on us going in - Lily, me, Stefan, Katherine, Caroline and Demetri - and when the fight becomes its hardest they turn up - Kol, Elijah, Henrik, Finn and Rebekah. They were hoping it would cause quite a shock. Klaus had no idea that his little friends had been compelled and his family took, he had no idea what was coming for him.

Katherine had been gone for a few hours now, she was due back soon with Alice and Alex, she had no idea what was here, either. She knew Elijah had been in town but not the rest of the happy family.

I laughed inwardly at that, then sighed silently and lifted my stiff neck to look at the little strategists here, my eyes were drifting shut and I struggled to keep them open, rubbing at them with my hands. I stretched and sighed a louder sigh. Lily glanced at me from her seat next to Elijah as the others continued the conversation, "Damon, go to bed. Get a drink of blood, we've got a big day tomorrow, we need you at your strongest." She said. I nodded but didn't move, I was too tired. I heard Lily laugh and stand from her seat, stepping over feet. "I'll be back in a moment."

"OK." Elijah said.

"Come on, you." Lily said as she pulled my arm around her shoulder and lifted me to my feet. She dragged me up the stairs to her room, there, she pulled back the covers and lay me down. She kneeled down on the floor and pulled out her suitcase from under the bed and lifted out a blood bag. "Here." She said as she gave it to me. "Drink this." I took the bag from her and sat up, grunting as the muscles in my back tightened again from relaxing a few moments ago. I ripped the tab off the top with my teeth and drank the warm, thick liquid. I felt it give me strength and my muscles became tough and unweakened once again. I put the empty blood bag on the side and looked to Lily who was watching me silently.

"I'm sorry." She said quietly.

"What for?" I smiled at her slightly.

"For . . . being such a pain in the arse." I laughed and held her hand.

"Well, we both have our moments." She smiled and kissed me, her lips warm with her own blood. Then she pulled back.

"Go to sleep now. I'm going to talk to these for a while more, then I'll come up here, okay?" She said as she stood.

"All right." I said and she walked out of the room, shutting the door. I pulled the covers around me and closed my eyes.

Katherine's POV

I pulled up slowly and quietly just outside the woods near Wickery Bridge, and straight away I could sense two vampires, and two humans. I looked through the cars windscreen, through the forest and saw the vampires, crouching in the bushes, mumbling quietly to each other, a few feet ahead were Alice and the boy, they were sat on a log, talking.

I stepped out of the car and sneaked up behind the two mumbling vampires, "Hey," I whispered, standing straight, one hand on hip, the other hanging loose. They turned and gasped, hissing and lunging at me. I caught them by their throats and rammed them into a splintered tree. A tree splinter struck the heart of one and she turned to dust. I snorted at that. The other was gasping as the splinter had went through his stomach. "Oops," I said. "Looks like I missed." I plunged my hand into his chest and pulled out the organ he needed most; his heart. He gasped, went ash grey, then turned to dust himself.

Hmm, must be to do with the 'Half Alive' thing.

I turned to the sister, her and the man were watching me in shock. "You're Elena, right?" Alice said.

"Wrong. Come on." I said as I headed back to my car. I heard them stand and follow.

"Well, who are you then?" She said.

"I'm Katherine." I said and heard Alice stop, her friend faltering and coming to a halt in confusion.

"Lily told me about you, you're not her friend. She hates you, you hate her." She said, her eyes narrowed. "Why are you here?"

I stopped myself and turned, "Listen. Personally, I don't care if you stay or come. Die or live. But Lily has sent me to come and pick you up, and I really don't want to get blamed if I leave you here. You either stay here with Klaus or come with me to your sister." I got in the car and waited. Starting the car and revving the engine.

After a moment, Alice grasped the boy's hand and got into the car. I sped down the road, heading back towards the motorway.

Klaus's POV

"They should be back by now. Call Willow and Tristan." I said to the guy stood next to me. He nodded and picked up my phone off the side, searching the contacts he pressed the call button. He looked to me after a moment, frowned and shook his head.

"No answer, Sir." He said.

I sighed, my anger creeping up. "You, go check if they're about. Take someone with you. And don't die."

He nodded and looked to another guy, who stood, and they left.

Lily's POV

"Yes. That'll work." I beamed. We had finally found a solution to our problems. We were going to save Fell's Church and ourselves. And probably countless others that Klaus planned to drain dry.

I was getting along well with my newly met Uncles and Auntie, they weren't self-centred or arrogant like my father, well Rebekah was a little self-centred and the tiniest bit arrogant, but that was only because she had spent the most time with her brother. She was the one who had stood by Klaus whilst the others lay dormant in their coffins; one layed aside for the waiting of Rebekah's betrayal to him. Some of his personality had bound to have rubbed off on a young impressionable girl as Rebekah was back then.

The sky was dark outside now, the bare trees contrasting ever so slightly against the dark blue. The snow turning a dark grey and the still dying flowers just thin shadows. I yawned and stood.

"I think we should retire now. You all know you're rooms, right?" I said.

"Yes, Lily. We'll find our way." Finn said, his hazel eyes looking up to meet mine. Then he stood and hugged me, at first I stood rigid with shock, but slowly I relaxed and hugged him back. He pulled back and looked down at me "Goodnight." He said gently as he took his seat again, his face amused at my expression. Elijah smiled a crooked smile.

"Goodnight, Lily." He said politely and the others repeated.

I walked from the room, up the stairs and opened my bedroom door quietly. Damon was asleep on his side and breathing quietly, so I lifted the covers quietly, slipping off my shoes and getting into the bed gently. I tucked the covers around me and wrapped my arm around Damon's bare chest; he moved slightly and his hand came up to hold mine.

Tomorrow was going to be a nightmare come true, but we would live through it.

We had to. This was the gate to our future, everything that happened tomorrow would chose what happened in the future.

I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Klaus's POV

The warehouse door opened and I expected to see Alice and Alex walk through struggling at the grasp of my men, but what I actually saw made me murderous. The two men walked through the door, one grasping a phone, the other - some sort of powder.

"There were no sign of Alice or Alex, though their sent lingered around the spot that we found this, " The man gave me the mobile phone which I recognised to be Tristan's. The other then stepped forward to me.

"And this." He said and poured the deep grey dust into my hand. "We believe it is Willow. Their was also Tristan's blood on a tree splinter." My expression turned slightly shocked as my mouth opened a little, but then twisted in rage.

"They got away!" I snapped, half to myself. Then calmed and quickly made a snap decision. "OK. If they want war, that's what we'll give them." I said as the ash fell through my fingers onto the dirt floor and I turned to the others. "Tomorrow, we'll attack Fell's Church. See how Lily likes to run then, when her new best friend's auntie and ex gets killed."

Elena's POV

"Elena, when are you coming home? I understand you and Stefan going away for the weekend without telling me, but the weekdays? During school?" Aunt Jenna's voice buzzed down the phone in her most parental tone. "I won't tolerate it, Elena. Alaric's worried sick, I'm worried sick and you need to come home, I can't allow you to miss school."

"Jenna, I'll be back in two days." I replied in my most calm voice as I wandered around my room, Stefan lay on the bed, reading. Waiting for my conversation to end. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you where I was going or when, but it was a snap decision. And anyway it's not just me and Stefan," - Stefan's mouth quirked in a small smile - "I'm here with Caroline and Bonnie, too "

"Oh," she said and I smiled. "Where exactly is 'here'?" She added and my smile disappeared.

I turned to Stefan and pointed at the phone, he shook his head and mouthed 'don't tell her', I bit my lip. "Um . . . just a few miles south, we're staying in a hotel."

"Where, Elena?"

"Oh, um . . . room service is here and I am starved," I laughed nervously. "Bye Aunt Jenna, love you!"

"Elena -"

I hung up. "I am so dead." Stefan chuckled and pulled me onto the bed, laying me down and wrapping his arm around me, kissing my forehead.

A rev of a quiet engine disturbed us and I got up to look out of the window. There, was Katherine's car, three figures stepping out. "Who is it?" Stefan asked.

"It's Katherine and the others." He got up and glanced out the window himself, then turned and opened the bedroom door, heading downstairs, I followed, stopping outside Lily's bedroom and peaking my head in the door. Lily and Damon were asleep in bed, Damon's arm wrapped around Lily as she cuddled up to him. I smiled and closed the door quietly. Best leave them to sleep, I'll wake them in the morning.

I headed downstairs and saw Katherine step through the door, glance at Stefan then me. "You're welcome." She said and walked past me and up the stairs. Alice and a boy stepped through into the house and Stefan smiled.

"Hello, Alice, Alex." He said politely and invited them further into the house with a hand gesture.

"Stefan, hi. I was actually convinced that Katherine was leading us to our death." She glared at me and I stepped towards her and shook her hand. She shook mine back, confused.

"Elena, nice to meet you." I said.

"Oh, sorry, Elena. It's nice to meet you, too." She smiled. "This is Alex, my fr-"

"Boyfriend." Alex interrupted. And Alice blushed.

"My boyfriend." She said.

"Hello, Alex." I said and shook his hand. He bowed slightly.

"Come with me, Lily has set your rooms up. She's asleep at the moment, so you'll have to talk with her in the morning." Stefan said as he began to lead them up the stairs. He showed them to a room, and we said our goodnights.

Then Stefan and I headed back to our room, getting into bed and sighing in exhaustion. We both fell to sleep, waiting for the morning to come.

Kellie x