As the two make their way through the wood Izzy's caramel orbs smile up to Klaus "so, this is it? How do you feel?"
"Excited, soon I'll be elevated to my full power, my true nature!" he beams as a scream echoes against the trees
They approach the ritual sight, Greta and Izzy looking daggers to each other as the vampire looks to the fiery cages, Klaus smiles to the three women "hello my lovelies, are we ready?"
He gets no response, him and Greta making their way to the alter, the brown eyed vampire talks a step to Elena's circle and looks down on the girl with a compassionate gaze "Hello Elena… if it's any consolation, it was never supposed to be you…"
Her decedent looks up at her with curious eyes as she makes her way back to Klaus's side, she watches as the moonstone is destroyed and Klaus easily rips the wolfs heart out and she feels noting but joy for her mentor who walks smugly back and bleeds the heart over the bowl. She can't help but listen to the conversation between the two sacrifices, such love and devotion between two that aren't even blood kin, she wonders what that must be like… to feel the love of a parent figure, she doesn't remember!
Her mind wonders to Katarina, her lies and manipulation, it shouldn't be this girl; who so many are offering themselves in exchange for, who willingly walked into the fire to escape her ancestor's mistake, Who is now standing in defiance of Klaus, begging for her aunt's life! Izzy's heart clenches at the sight, it shouldn't be this way, but because of Katarina's selfish fear they are all stuck in this curse… including their old friend standing at the top of the cliff!
Izzy gazes up at the cliff, listening as Stefan offers himself in Jenna's place "what's going on?"
"That info is above your pay grade witch!" she bites, not even looking to the girl but feeling her glare
The sparkling blue orbs of the original look down to his comrade and she already knows he won't sacrifice his amnesic friend but he plays along taking the boy to watch the last moments of the doppelganger, the women he loves. Izzy gasps in a slight shock as Klaus stabs Stefan, she didn't expect it, but isn't surprised. She watches as Jenna runs, ripping into Greta's neck, knowing they need the witch she easily rushes over and saves the witch, holding the woman up by her throat "sorry, but we need her alive right now!"
Klaus makes his way to them, placing a hand on Izzy's shoulder and their eyes meet, an understanding as she offers the woman to him like the lamb she was, not even blinking as he pins the feedling to the stone ground and drives a stake through her heart, Elena's anguished cry dancing against the steady breaths of her ancestor.
She hears Stefan's gasp and walks down with Klaus, and to Stefan, she quickly and easily pulls him up, holding him back from doing anything stupid and watches the doppelganger and the original climb the alter "why are you doing this?"
At her old friend's gruff voice she answers, holding his hands back tightly "it's called Loyalty Stefan!"
The two watch as the old vampire drains the girl, Izzy watches as her family line is wiped out! Elena's wilting body reaching the ground as the original sighs in ecstasy, feeling the power flow through his veins.
Suddenly Izzy groans in pain, growing into a scream as she releases Stefan, her hands shooting to her head in pain "Niklaus!"
She falls to the ground, fighting against the pains as she sees her leader crumble in agony and then seeing her old friend, for a split second she thinks he's going to save his brother until he thrusts his hand into the hybrids chest and screams "NO!"
The elder brother casts a glance to the girl "forgive me Ismene…"
However as he goes to rip his brother's heart out they speak of their family and how there not scattered at sea, and the brown eyed girl crawls to them in torture "it's true!"
Her eyes meet his chocolate pools and she says "I swear Elijah… I swear!"
The witch is too focused on the two original as the pain fades and Katherine's child quickly runs, twisting Elijah's hand, freeing Klaus and pushing the original back, standing before the hybrid "if you kill him, then you'll have to kill me first!"
Stefan runs at the girl but the noble original easily pushes him back, sending him flying across the field and into the ground face first "you will not touch her!"
"Kill him now Elijah! Or I kill you all!" Bonnie threatens, Izzy only now realizing the body of Greta is lying dead on the alter
Elijah looks from the witch, his brother and then into the caramel orbs, firm and determined to protect her transitioning vulnerable master, knowing she could never outrun him, especially carrying Klaus and he mutters to his two allies "I'm sorry!"
With that he grips Izzy's waste and his brother's arm, rushing them all to safety… betraying his honored word for the hope of his family!
They stand in the black abyss, watching as Klaus transforms into a deathly wolf, Izzy rushing to his side, his head in her lap and seeing his chest is almost completely healed, his bones twisting and bending, head thrown back into her. She runs her fingers through his blonde locks and smiles "its ok… we did it, we did it!"
He laughs slightly, before screaming from the change, his blue eyes now glowing gold. In a matter of minutes he's a fully-fledged wolf, Izzy was weary of wolves, she knew their danger to her kind but as the changed original looks at her sitting on the ground she finds no need to fear and smiles to him "Klaus… your free!"
He howls loudly into the dead of the moon and races against the wind of the trees, exploring his new freedom!
Once he's out of sight Izzy looks up to Elijah and stands with a snarl, shrugging him off as he attempts to help her "don't touch me…"
The verge of the horizon comes into play over the woods as she backs away from his touch, much to Elijah's dismay "Ismene…"
However his words are halted by an echoing crash of her knocking him to the ground having mounted his frame, beating him she screams "you bastard!"
Easily and effortlessly he grabs her fists, flipping them over and she struggles against his grip "how could you? He's your brother! Your own flesh and blood and you were going to kill him! How could you?"
"He told me he buried them at sea! I had to take vengeance for their deaths… tell me, can I trust his word?" he explains looking down at the girl
Her struggles weaken and stop, her tear drown eyes looking up at him as she asks with a quivering lip "yes…. how could you do that to me?"
He sees the hurt and betrayal in her eyes and sighs deeply "Oh, Ismene… I never would have allowed them to hurt you!"
Her jaw clenches and she shakes her head "no… you did that all on your own! Besides that's not what I mean and you know it!"
He releases her and they stand, her tears streaming down her cheeks "you were going to kill him, Niklaus… you know what that would have done to me."
"My intention was never to hurt you" he says calmly, trying to lock in the guilt at hurting her, the anger at her blind faith in his brother
She wipes angrily at her cheeks and chuckles "yeah, you know you keep saying that…"
She storms past him then, following Klaus into the darkness and Elijah can't help but think 'some things never change!'