Krystal and Stefan were now on their way back to Mystic Falls, she didn't call and tell Cadence or Kate because she wanted it to be a surprise, they stopped by the mall and picked out a trunk load of toys for Kate. They even Christmas shopped for the rest of them, Cadence, Eddie, Bonnie, Caroline, Tyler, Elena, and the baby and even Damon got some gifts.
They went all out and the Mustang was full of Christmas gifts, all wrapped with name tags on them. First they went to Cadence's house, they unloaded the gifts that went to the people there, then they went to the boarding house.
At the boarding house
Stefan got out and helped Krystal out, they walked to the door, she was tense,
"Its alright," Stefan knocking, Damon came to the door,
"Hello brother, Krystal," Damon inviting them in,
"Where's Elena?" Krystal asked,
"She's upstairs, resting," Damon explained.
"Get the blood," Krystal strongly,
"Now?" Damon asked,
"Just do it," Krystal hissed,
"Don't get your pants in a knot," Damon shot back, he went to the safe, Krystal went up to Elena.
"Hey, Elena, I need you to wake up," Krystal softly,
"Krystal?" Elena asked,
"Hey, are you ready to be human again?" Krystal asked,
"Yeah," Elena smiling tiredly, Damon, Stefan, and Bonnie came in.
"Alright, Damon the blood," Krystal reaching out for it, he gave it to her,
"Now, its not going to be easy, I need you to swallow this, all of it, if you feel like your going to throw it back up, you have to swallow it again until it settles, its apart of the spell," Krystal explained. Elena nodded, Krystal uncorked the tube, she gave it to Elena, she took a deep breath and swallowed it, it felt like it was scorching the inside of her throat. She had it swallowed but she was turning green,
"Elena you have to keep swallowing it until it settles or you wont become human," Krystal explained, Elena put her hand over her mouth and swallowed again, Damon watched, worrying that she couldn't do it. But after a few swallows Elena had it down, Krystal got Elena to lay down again, she stood and hovered over Elena touching her forehead, and her stomach, she concentrated on the spell, closing her eyes, Bonnie watched confused, she felt that Krystal had changed, she could feel some powerful energy coming from her, Krystal chanted over and over again till a soft light flashed throughout the room, Krystal moved away,
"Someone give her mouth to mouth, you have to restart her heart," Krystal explained, Bonnie was good at CPR so she done it,
"Come on Elena, breathe," Bonnie stressed as she did compressions on her chest. Suddenly Elena gasped and shot up taking a deep breathe, Damon ran to her side,
"Elena," Damon panicked,
"I'm okay, I think," Elena feeling of her belly, she made a face, she was suddenly in pain, Krystal knew what was happening, she was losing the baby, she pushed Damon away, she got Elena to lay down again, she did another spell to give the baby's life a jump start, she did it until she felt the child's heart beating again.
"Is he okay?" Stefan asked,
"Yeah, he is fine," Krystal nodded,
"You need to take it easy for a while, take your prenatal vitamins and eat properly, your baby boy is alright," Krystal smiling a little.
"I'm human," Elena touching her face, she felt her heart beating, she smiled and closed her eyes,
"Thank you Krystal, this is the best gift you could ever give me," Elena crying.
"I guess we should bring in the gifts for everyone, though we need to have Christmas here Elena shouldn't be moving around right now," Krystal explained,
"Bonnie, Stefan, come help with the gifts," Krystal commanded. Stefan followed, Bonnie was about to follow Stefan,
"You stay with her, I'll help them," Damon following Stefan out. He was going to get to the bottom of this new side Krystal was showing, when they all got out to the car, Krystal knew that Damon had made Bonnie stay behind,
"What the hell was that? Vampires can't do the witchy stuff," Damon seriously. Stefan stood in front of Krystal, to protect her, Damon was ready to fight Stefan to get to Krystal,
"What, you guys going out now?" Damon asked harshly. Stefan didn't say anything, Krystal put her hand to his shoulder, Stefan looked back at her,
"Can you trust that he wont use you?" Stefan asked,
"If he knows what's good for him he wont, I can handle him," Krystal explained. Krystal step forward,
"Damon we were never together, you were trying to be my friend, I want that friendship with you, if you will allow it," Krystal explained,
"If you are really my friend, you will tell me everything right now," Damon seriously.
"Me and Stefan have to go back to California, we are not together, we are best friends, words cannot define the bond we share, we trust each other completely, we know each other to the point we can read each other well," Krystal explained.
"What are you?" Damon asked,
"Because of my strong bloodline, I am a vampire, but I am also a …witch, a powerful one, more powerful than Bonnie, and if you are my friend you will not tell a soul about this, they could use me as a weapon, and I will not be used that way," Krystal explained. Damon narrowed his eyes,
"You cant possibly be a witch and a vampire at the same time, it doesn't work that way," Damon seriously. Krystal narrowed her eyes at him, he was curling in on himself because his brain vessels were popping over and over again, she did it a few times, then stopped.
"Believe me now?" Krystal asked, Damon stared at her,
"Your secret is safe with me, I would like your friendship," Damon reaching out to shake hands with her, she shook his hand.
"So, what's this that you have to go back to California?" Damon asked as they started getting the gifts out,
"The bastard we supposedly took out, he is coming, he isn't dead, we are training to take him out for good," Krystal explained softly, Damon stared at her,
"No, he was dead, his heart stopped, I heard it stop, there's no way he could be alive," Damon strongly,
"Well its him, we know for a fact it is," Krystal explained.
"From your source that gave you the spell to give Elena her humanity back?" Damon asked,
"Yes," Krystal seriously,
"Then they are wrong," Damon seriously,
"They weren't wrong, Elena has her humanity back and her child's life back because I brought them both back," Krystal harshly.
"Then that means he has to be a…vampire," Damon thought out loud,
"But where would he have gotten vampire blood from to ingest it before we killed him?" Damon confused,
"You're right, he has to be a vampire, there's no other way he could be alive, unless he is a hybrid," Krystal threw out. Damon suddenly felt the overwhelming need to protect her.
"Then I will come and train too," Damon explained,
"No, you got what you wanted, you have Elena, you have to be here for her, I wont be here for her, I wont be back in time for my son's birth, we don't know when this bastard is coming but we cant still be in town, there is still a lot we need train for, we are here to spend Christmas with people who are important to us, and then we have to go back," Stefan strongly. Damon glanced over to Krystal,
"He's right Damon, we couldn't stay now even if we wanted to, you cant tell my sister or my child," Krystal seriously.
"You have a child? With who my brother?" Damon asked,
"We found her when we went back to Colorado, she is a ten year old little girl, and she likes Stefan and me, yes, she is our child," Krystal strongly, Stefan agreed with her.
"Where was she?" Damon asked,
"She was in my parent's house, she had been abused by someone, I think it was her parents, we haven't got to talk about it with her yet," Krystal explained. He nodded,
"Well, lets go take these gifts inside," Damon moving onto bigger and brighter things, Krystal nodded, Stefan grabbed a load, Damon already had a load, and Krystal grabbed another load.
"Someone needs to call Caroline and Tyler, we have gifts for them too," Krystal explained,
"Bonnie can do that, while we put these gifts down and get them sorted out," Damon explained. They climbed the stairs and made it to Damon's room and put the gifts to the side, Bonnie was having Elena take her prenatal vitamins and drinking plenty of water and eating a salad at the moment.
"How are you feeling?" Krystal asked as she put the gifts down,
"I feel like my old self again, plus one," Elena rubbing her baby bump,
"Well the risks are over," Krystal coming over and gently squeezing her hand,
"Thank you again," Elena explained,
"How could you do a spell?" Bonnie asked,
"I'm a witch and a vampire, its because of my strong bloodline," Krystal shrugged.
"Wow," Bonnie widening her eyes a little,
"We were told that you couldn't be both," Elena explained,
"So was I but my source told me it was because my grandmother was a powerful witch this earth has ever encountered," Krystal not giving out too much information,
"Do you still have her in your life?" Bonnie asked,
"No, she died, that bastard found her, he caught her off guard and killed her," Krystal lying. Bonnie sensed she was lying but knew she probably didn't want Damon to know that her grandmother was still alive.
"I'm sorry, I would have loved to have met her," Bonnie softly,
"I always thought she was crazy and was trying to turn me into a crazy just like her," Krystal mumbled.
"My grams always told me to always let people think that you were crazy because if they knew the truth they could use you," Bonnie explained,
"That's how I got into all this mess with Elena and the vampires," Bonnie explained.
"So, on a more happier note, go ahead and call Caroline and Tyler and we'll have Christmas together," Krystal smiling as she gave Bonnie a gift,
"Thanks," Bonnie sitting it by her, Damon helped give out some, and Stefan did as well, now they were waiting on Caroline and Tyler. Finally they came in the boarding house,
"Hey where are you guys?" Caroline called out,
"Up here, bring a blood bag with you when you come," Krystal shouted,
"Okay," Caroline going to the basement, she grabbed a couple, her and Tyler wanted some as well, Damon came down and grabbed a few glasses and a wine bottle of the expensive bubblies, then went back up. Finally they were all sitting around their piles of gifts, most drinking the bubblies except Elena, Damon had gotten her the expensive apple juice that was non alcoholic.
Caroline was stunned that Elena was a human again, they played it off as Bonnie had found the spell and cast it. Krystal and Stefan were sitting beside each other, they were waiting to share their own gifts at a more private time, Elena got some stuff for the baby, all blue of course, she got cute pregnancy clothes, and a new diary, and a baby book for her to write the things her baby would do while he grew.
Bonnie got rare herbs and a grimoir to start writing her own spells in, along with some talismans, Caroline got stylish clothing and shoes and a nice leather jacket, Tyler was given money because he had been so hard to buy for, Damon was given a new black leather jacket that Krystal had picked out, his brother gave him a written agreement never to cause his life or Elena's life hell again.
"Are you guys going to bunk down here tonight?" Damon asked,
"We weren't sure where we were going to stay at, Krystal has been having night terrors, so we cant really stay at Cadence's place with Kate, she doesn't know what we are yet," Stefan explained,
"Well, me and Bonnie can stay here with Elena, Stefan and Krystal could take his room, Damon could sleep somewhere else for the night, there are six rooms in this house after all," Caroline explained.
"Alright, if you guys are sure," Stefan looking at Damon to agree to it, he smirked,
"It is Christmas," Damon explained, he nodded,
"Thanks Damon," Krystal smiling a little,
"Its not a problem," Damon seriously.
"Well we still have one more Christmas to attend tonight, so we'll probably be late getting back," Stefan explained.
"Right, we'll see you guys later then," Damon following them to the door,
"Bye," Krystal waving,
"Say hi to Cadence for me," Damon nodded,
"Sure," Krystal smiling, they got in the Mustang and drove back to Cadence's place.