Four Days Later
Krystal started coming around, she blinked a few times, she found herself in her bed in comfortable pajamas and had been bathed.
"Damon," Krystal trying to speak but her throat was too sore, she sat up and held her throat, someone had heard her and came to her room, it was Caroline.
"Hey, how are you feeling?" Caroline asked, Krystal rubbed her throat,
"I cant talk," Krystal mouthed out.
"I suppose not after screaming like that, you want some water?" Caroline offering her a glass of fresh ice water, Krystal took it and drank it greedily. After she emptied the glass her throat felt a little better,
"Damon," Krystal whispered,
"He's fine but he had to leave for Mystic Falls, you've been out for four days," Caroline explained.
"I lost everyone, my mom, my dad, my sister," Krystal looking at her hands,
"No, you didn't," Caroline looking at the door, Cadence came walking in slowly.
"Krystal, I'm here," Cadence softly, she looked up, Cadence was standing there by the bed,
"You're alive?" Krystal stunned,
"Yeah, Damon made me drink his blood, it healed my wounds, I'm okay," Cadence smiling.
"Oh my god," Krystal crying as she wrapped her arms around her sister,
"I'm so sorry, I'm sorry I got you in this mess, all of you, I'm really sorry," Krystal strongly.
"We wanted to help, we got through it, and the important thing is you got through it as well, you took that bastard down," Caroline smiling.
"I did?" Krystal asked,
"Yeah, you did, you made him suffer," Caroline explained,
"Good, he needed to suffer, um, Caroline, I'm a bit hungry," Krystal whispered out.
"Good, we got some fresh blood bags from the blood bank, I'll go get you a couple," Caroline getting up, she left the room.
"Are you alright?" Cadence asked softly,
"Yeah, I don't feel as depressed as I did, I feel like I can breathe now, we are safe, you are safe, you can live your life again," Krystal seriously.
"What about you? What are you going to do?" Cadence asked,
"I don't know, we need to go through mom and dad's stuff, decide on what we need to keep, or want to keep, and have a funeral for them," Krystal explained.
"Are you going to move to Mystic Falls?" Cadence asked, Krystal laughed a little,
"No, I don't like small towns, and Damon's taught me all about drinking blood and that sort of thing and I've caused too much trouble anyway, I'm going to stay here for a while, maybe set up a permanent residence around here, travel, but that's after I take care of mom and dad, they come first," Krystal explained.
"Sure, you know they had money put away and their life insurance…" Cadence interrupted,
"We will split the money, half and half fair shares, deal?" Krystal asked,
"Yeah, only if you promise to visit," Cadence seriously.
"What kind of sister would I be if I saved your ass and didn't visit?" Krystal smirked,
"What about Damon though, I thought you liked him?" Cadence asked.
"I do, but I think he needs to decide on only one of us, he is clearly in love with Elena, and real love like that, it doesn't just die, he needs space from me, if Elena wants to be with him then its okay, besides, we barely know each other, so I'll settle with being friends," Krystal softly as she leaned against the headboard. Caroline came back with two blood bags.
"Here, this should do the trick," Caroline giving her the blood,
"Thank you Caroline," Krystal greedily tearing into the bags and having them both empty in under five minutes. Krystal knew Damon had gone back because something was wrong with Elena. She wanted to ask what had happen to her but she felt that she couldn't handle the twinge of pain in her chest knowing Damon had left her to go save Elena, she would not be played or toyed with, she needed someone stable in her life.
Sure she thought Damon was a fine catch from what she knew about him but she wouldn't put herself in between anything or anybody to only wind up getting hurt, she had been through enough pain to last her a lifetime, and the truth was she needed a break from guys anyway.
"I'm going to go back to sleep, let this blood do the trick," Krystal sliding back under the covers and conking back out. Later that afternoon Krystal, Cadence, Caroline, Tyler, and Liz headed back to Mystic Falls. Krystal took Casper who had a few bullet holes in him but still was drivable. That night while Krystal was driving back to Mystic Falls Elena was going mad, she had killed Connor who was a vampire hunter, he had came to town while Damon and Krystal were out of town. Currently Elena was running from Klaus, he thought he was protecting her from the hallucinations she had received ever since she had killed Connor.
"I was ready to die," her own voice echoed in her head as she walked rather quickly, with a tiny flashback of her drowning in Matt's truck,
"You're a monster," Connor's voice pushing her,
"You'll kill again," Katherine's voice encouraging her to commit suicide. Connor and Katherine hallucinations were walking on either side of her whispering things to push her along. Her chest was heavy, like she couldn't breathe in air. All her emotions just swirling around in her, she couldn't think straight.
I'm so stubborn
It's how I got here
So alone
Feels like forever
"Are you ready to die yet?" Connor asked,
"You know its your only way out of this," he explained.
"You cant ever take back what you did, it can never be undone," Katherine pushed.
I wanna swim away
And breathe in the open air
But I feel so afraid
And then I hear you say
Hang on
When the water is rising
Hang on
When the waves are crashing
Hang on
Just don't ever let go
"You're a monster, you should die," Katherine sneered. Elena gasped, she had just realized she was on Wickery Bridge. She looked around, she was so panicked, why was she here? Was it some kind of a trap? Why was everything leading back to this bridge?
I'm so hungry
How can I stay here
I'm starving
For what I hold so dear
Like a hurricane
It takes everything
From me
Wake me from this dream
Slowly she approached the railing of the old bridge and stared down into the water. She then took a deep breath,
~I'm so much stronger than this, why am I letting them get to me?~ Elena thought to herself.
"Its okay sweetie," a familiar calm voice appearing beside her. Elena jerked back a little, it was her mother.
"Mom?" Elena couldn't believe it, she had missed her mother, she always knew how to make things better, she always knew what to say. Her mother ran her fingers through Elena's hair, Elena felt her mother's touch, she was so real, she couldn't be a hallucination.
Hang on
When the water is rising
Hang on
When the waves are crashing
Hang on
Just don't ever let go
"I know what your going through, and its okay, this bridge is where your life should have ended. Not just once but twice. You were ready to die, remember?" her mother asked in a sweet sickly motherly tone. Elena shook her head, looking over the bridge,
"I don't know what to do," Elena so lost.
"Yes you do honey, you know exactly what to do," her mother encouraged her. Her mother looked down at her daylight ring, Elena followed her gaze, she lifted her hand slowly. Elena slowly tilted her hand in the last fading moonlight to study the tiny blue stone set in sterling silver.
"That's right, the sun will come up, and this will all be over. It's the right thing to do Elena, you know it is. Admit it," her mother's voice pulling it out of her, Elena took a few seconds,
"Because I'm a monster," Elena admitted with hate in her voice,
"And I deserve to die," Elena turning out towards the water as she played with the ring.
Hang on
When your barely breathing
Hang on
When your hearts still beating
Hang on
Just don't ever let go
Without looking she slipped her ring off with a sharp intake of breathe and held her ring over the bridge and let it drop into the water with the final sound of it hitting the water and settling on the river's cold bottom. She just stood there watching the horizon, taking in air, her chest not feeling so heavy anymore, not after her mother had helped her. Slowly the night was fading and a tiny bit of daylight light blue was peeking over the trees. Suddenly Elena changed her mind, shaking her head,
"I cant do this, I cant leave Jeremy," Elena thinking of her brother.
"Jeremy is better off without you, don't you see that?" her mother explained, Elena turned towards the hallucination of her mother.
"But mom, he wont have anyone," Elena being right about Jeremy,
"He'll have you, you'll be a ghost who helps him, not a monster who hurts him," her mother smiling.
Three days
Thirty years
So hopeless
Doesn't matter
Don't say its too late
Elena thought about it for a second,
"Your right, I-I, I'm sorry," Elena breaking down all over again.
"I'm sorry mom, I didn't mean to disappoint you," Elena blubbered out, trying hard not to cry.
"You didn't, you were everything I ever wanted you to be, but you died, and you were supposed to stay dead," her mother explained. Slowly Damon came walking toward the railing, keeping his distance from Elena, not wanting to spook her.
"Elena," Damon getting her attention, she turned and stared at him, trying to figure out if he was a hallucination or real.
"Damon," Elena questioned, she turned back to her mother but she was gone. It killed her inside that she wasn't there anymore,
"H-how did you find me?" Elena slowly turning back to Damon. Damon slowly walked toward her,
"It didn't take a genius to figure it out. Third times a charm," Damon being his old self. Elena looked him over,
"You were right Damon, vampires kill people, and Stefan was right too, I cant live with myself," Elena acting as if she were in a trance. Damon's eyebrow's furrowed,
"Look at you, being all, glass is half empty, lets just go talk about this before you go and do something stupid, okay?" Damon walking toward her some more.
Elena turned and looked at Damon,
"The sun will be up soon and it will be over," Damon's voice changing into Connor's voice, she stared at Damon but it was Connor who she saw. She gave a small nod and turned towards the water again. She looked down at her hand, the sun was rising even more,
"Where's your ring? Where's your ring Elena?" Damon asked, he glanced and saw the sun rising.
If you blink your eyes the sun is rising
The sun is rising
"We need to get you inside," Damon seriously, panicked on the inside,
"Its almost time," Connor explained,
"What you are going through, is a curse, we know how to break it, we just have to get you inside," Damon trying to get her to listen to only him and no other. Elena was staring to the side at Connor,
"Don't let him stop you, I know you want to but you cant, don't," Connor strongly beside Elena now. Damon knew he wasn't getting through to her, he saw he only had minutes left,
"Damn it Elena," Damon swiftly moving to grab her, she moved and now stood where he was seconds ago. A breeze blew through her hair releasing all her worry and now making her realize she was without her ring. Jeremy had killed one of Klaus' hybrids to break the curse. Elena looked at Damon, she had woke up from her trance and looked around,
"He's gone," Elena relieved,
"Its okay," Damon assured her. She swallowed hard and groaned, she heard the sizzling, and looked down seeing it was her hand, she looked back up at Damon,
"Damon," Elena's panic back in full force, Damon's panic was in full force as well. It took him a second to snap out of it and then swiftly moved to Elena, wrapping his arms around her and throwing them over the bridge. He held onto her as he swam around looking for her ring, when he found it, he slid it on her finger and took her home.