The story is nearing the end. Two more episodes, 4 chapters, and alternate ending, plus a possible summery chapter.
~ The first chapter for 'Into the Darkness' which is the prequel to this story is up. I was going to wait until I posted the last chapter for this story, but I decided to put it up early. Please check it out and review if you like this story.

storylover3: That's how I feel to... lol But I am satisfying both needs because of the two endings that I'm doing. I think it's just doing to depend on how the next chapters will go...

Psycho17: There might be more Damon/Chelsea scenes... mainly because I can't resist giving them at least one scene per chapter... same with Klaus/Chelsea.

~ I was going to have Chelsea dance with more than one person. She only dances with one, but the other person I had planned to dance with her, talks with her.

ENJOY!

Chelsea's POV

I walked into the boarding house and saw Stefan walking up from the basement.
"Hey Stef." He turned around and faced me. "Are there any dresses from the 1920's packed away? I don't want to go shopping for a dress."
"Yeah, there should be some packed away in my room." He said to me.
"Thanks. I'll see you there then." I said before turning towards the stairs. Stefan's phone rang. "That should be Elena." I said without turning back towards him.

Instead of going into Stefan's room to look at the clothes, I went into my room. For a minute I was going to look through the photo album again, but I stopped myself. Looking at the photos won't do any good for me. Even though I can control my emotions, they do have their times of getting the best of me. Instead of doing anything, I went to my bed and plopped backwards onto it. I pulled out my phone from my pocket and decided to call him.

"Hello?" He asked after answering the phone.
"Hey. How's my big brother doing?" I asked into the phone as I stared at the ceiling.
"Better now that I know you're not dead." I smiled. "Where are you?"
"Mystic Falls. I've been back for a while now. So much has happened."
"Klaus didn't do anything bad to you, did he?"
"Not physically. Over the summer though…. he made me feed from people, he also made Stefan do it to. He has it worse than I do." There was a pause between us.
"Chels…"
"Yeah?"
"Do you know what happened with mom and dad?"
"Actually, yeah. There was an incident here that allowed ghosts to become visible to everyone. I saw mom and she told me. I was happy to see her, but…" I could tell tears were gathering in my eyes ", I didn't want it to be true. Everybody had hid it from me when I got back and I was so upset when I found out that it was a secret." I took a deep breath. "I miss them Dylan."
"I do to Chelsea. I'm glad that you're okay."
"As much as I can be." I said, trying to joke with him.
"Chels, before I go I want to tell you something."
"What is it?"
"Well, over the summer I tried calling you, so I never had a hold of you, but happy birthday."
"It's a little late, don't you think?"
"Better late than never." I smiled. "I'm glad you called."
"Me to. So… just to let you know I'm staying at the boarding house now."
"With Damon?" He asked suggestively.
"Yes, but not like that. We, uh… broke up not long after I came back." I let out a breath as I looked at the ceiling. "I need to explore other options. I think I owe it to myself since I have eternity now."
"As much as I would love talking longer with my baby sister, I have a date soon."
"So, we both have dates today. Is that coincidence?"
"Who's you date?"
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you. But let's just say he's very artistic and a good dancer."
"Does he make you happy?"
"Kind of…. Yeah."
"Then it shouldn't matter if I like who it is or not."
"Promise you won't freak out?"
"Promise."
"It's Klaus. I have a date with him. But before you say anything…. It's technically our second date."
"Klaus." Dylan said in disbelief. "Well, I can say I didn't see that coming."
"I gotta go. The decade dance is tonight and I still haven't found a dress or even got ready. I just wanted to call."
"I love you."
"I love you to." I said with a smile before hanging up. Talking to my brother made me feel better.

There was a presence by my doorway and I sat up.
"That was just my brother Damon." I said when I saw him standing there with a look of jealousy. "I missed him." I said before sliding off the bed. I walked towards the hall but he didn't move.
"I have something for you." He said to me.
"Gifts aren't going to make anything better."
"Then, consider it a loan." He brought his hand out from behind him revealing a green dress. It was perfect for the decade dance. "Wear it for the night." I looked at him with slight disbelief. He was letting me wear a dress that he picked out, on my date with Klaus. "Just don't wreck it. It's pretty old."
"I don't know what to say."
"Just promise me something." I looked at Damon with slight confusion. "Never forget about me." I couldn't help but give him a smile.
"I will never forget anything about you." I gave Damon a hug. I could tell that he took in a deep breath before I pulled away. "Thank you." I said, looking at him before taking the dress.
"You're welcome." He said quietly before walking away. I carefully placed the dress on my bed and looked at it. It was around the same length as the dress that Rebekah was wearing when she got out of the coffin. My phone, which was next to the dress, started to ring. I looked and it said it was Caroline.
"Hey Care." I said when I answered.
"Can I come over by you to get ready for the dance?" Caroline asked me.
"Does it really matter what my answer is?"
"Not really, but I wanted to be nice and ask."
"Yes, you can come over Care."
"Great." She said in a cheery mood. "I'll be over there soon."
"See you later then." I said before hanging up.

I walked with Caroline into the gym.
"We did a good job." I said to her as I looked at all the decorations.
"Yes, I did a good job." Caroline said and I rolled my eyes.
"Look over there." I whispered to Caroline while pointing in the direction of Tyler.
"What is he doing here?"
"He is your boyfriend after all." Tyler came up to us.
"What are you doing here?" Caroline asked Tyler.
"I'm here to dance with my beautiful girlfriend."
"What if Klaus find out that you're here?"
"Who cares." I said to Caroline. "If you're not going to dance with him, I will."
"I never said I wasn't going to dance with him." She said with a smile before looking to Tyler.
"Let's go then." Tyler held out his hand and walked away with Caroline.

"Hey." I heard from behind me. I tuned to see Jeremy.
"Hey. Do you think we are going to have any bad dance karma?" I asked him.
"How can we not?" Jeremy stood next to me and we watched everyone dance. "With all supernatural people around something bad is bound to happen."
"Oh, thanks for the vote of confidence." I jokingly said to him. "Caroline said that she will make sure no one dies. Besides, it's not like there is any unknown supernatural person lurking in the shadows." I turned my head and spotted him walking towards us. "Spoke too soon." I said as Klaus walked to us. His eyes didn't even move towards Jeremy.
"What are you doing here?" Jeremy asked Klaus.
"Relax Jeremy. I'm not going to harm anyone." I took a step to Klaus.
"What are you doing?" Jeremy asked me.
"We have a date." I said, looking back at him. Jeremy's eyes went a little wide before I turned back towards Klaus.
"Shall we?" He asked before holding out his hand. I let out a breath before grabbing it with mine.

Klaus and I walked to the middle of the room before a slowly song started to play. He gently brought my hand to his waist before placing his on my shoulder. My free hand moved to his shoulder as he placed his free hand on my waist.
"You look ravishing." Klaus whispered into my ear. "You would've loved the 1920's, Chelsea. The girls were reckless, sexy, fun. They literally used to dance until they dropped."
"Are you saying that I'm not sexy or fun?" I sarcastically asked him.
"Quite the opposite love. I think quite a load of fun and drop dead gorgeous." I smiled and almost didn't know what to say.
"Thank you." I said in a whisper.
"Anything for you." He gently whispered into my ear. "I love you." My eyes shot wide open. 'He loves me?' I thought in disbelief. 'Klaus, the thousand year old sadistic, homicidal, hybrid, loves me?' It was an understatement so say I was in shock. I never thought I would hear those words from him. I knew he could tell I was in shock.
"You do?" I asked in a quiet voice.
"Of course. How can I not? You're beautiful, strong, and full of light. I enjoy you." He whispered into my ear as we slowly danced together. Another smile appeared on my face. "I should tell you though, I'm leaving town tomorrow." 'Leaving?' I thought to myself. "I'd like you to come with. We could travel the world together. With my hybrids as your savants." I let out a breath. "You'd be living in the lap of luxury. Boredom never being a problem." 'Oh, my gosh.' I thought. 'Leave town with him? The two of us, with his hybrids traveling the world?'
"I'd have to pack." I mumbled.
"So, you're coming with?" He asked with hopefulness in his voice.
"I don't know. I mean, it's a tempting offer and I would love to travel the world but," I let out a sigh ", it's not something I can completely answer right now." I could tell that he was disappointed. "You could ask me in the morning." I said with a small smile as I looked into his eyes.
"At least that's something." He said with a smile. I spotted Elena and Stefan walking out of the gym, following Damon. 'Damon' I thought.
"Something's wrong." I whispered.
"What?" Klaus asked me.
"I don't know." I looked into Klaus's eyes. "I think we should find out, but knowing the dangerous dance karma this school has, we'll find out anyway."
"So, in other words, you just want to dance with me." He said with a smile. I didn't say anything as we continued to dance.

Klaus and I danced together. My head resting on his neck.
"You know," Klaus started to say ", girls didn't wear green much back in the 20's but you pull it off."
"Thanks." I said before noticing Damon walking towards us with jealousy in his eyes. When I stopped moving so did Klaus. He turned, with his hand still in my hip, facing Damon.
"We got trouble." Damon said to me before looking at Klaus. "Your mother is back." I could feel Klaus slightly tense, but Damon didn't seem to notice. He turned around and started to walk out the gym. Klaus and I started to following him. His hand moved from my waist to my hand, grasping it. He held it like we wasn't going to let go so he could keep me close.

We ended up following Damon into the history classroom. The only classroom where anything really happens. Bonnie was setting candles on the table with Jeremy, Stefan was sitting on the desk and a person I didn't recognize was watching Bonnie and Jeremy. I'm guessing that was Jamie.
"What's up?" I asked as we walked in. Bonnie looked up and her eyes went straight to my hand with Klaus's before looking to me.
"Esther put a boundary spell on the school. Vampires can't leave until it's broken." Bonnie told me before standing towards us from behind the table.
"And Elena is with Esther." Jeremy said to me.
"That's not good." I said as Bonnie made the candles light up.
"I'm going to undo the boundary spell." Bonnie said before closing her eyes.
"Wait." I took a step away from Klaus, who kept holding my hand. "I can help. The sooner it's down, the sooner we can go after your mom." Klaus looked at me hesitantly before releasing my hand. "Thank you." I said before walking to Bonnie. I grabbed her hands and we both closed our eyes and murmured the spell.

We drew power from each other and the candles.
"She does this all the time, right?" Jamie asked out loud as Bonnie and I murmured the spell.
"What's taking so long?" Klaus asked after what felt like five minutes. "All boundary spells have a loop hole." I opened my eyes and looked back at him.
"Learn some patience Nik." Out the corner of my eye, I saw a smirk on Damon's face. Klaus gave me a small smile before Matt walked into the room.
"People are walking right out of the dance, past the barrier." He said to us.
"Matt and I can leave, we can stop Esther ourselves." Jeremy said. "We just gotta find out where she is."
"That's suicide." I said as I looked at him. Before I knew it, Klaus had his hand wrapped around Jamie's neck.
"Suicide would be disappointing me!" He said angrily. "Now work your magic, Bonnie or I'll start killing people you fancy." I couldn't help but roll my eyes.
"Let him go!" Bonnie said to Klaus.
"Not until you get us out of here."
"Oh, just let him go Nik. You threating people won't get us anywhere." I said, looking straight in his eyes. After a moment he loosened his grip and let Jamie go.
"And while you're at it, why don't you tell him to roll over." Damon remarked.
"Not helping." I basically snapped at him. He and I looked at each other as Klaus slowly walked out of the room. I went back towards Bonnie and took off my necklace. "Use this as a talisman." I said as I handed Bonnie the necklace that Damon had given me when I got back to Mystic Falls. After she had it in her hand, I turned around and went in the direction that Klaus went. I could feel Damon's eyes on me as I left.

I ended up walking out the school. Klaus was standing outside.
"Nik." I whispered to him as I stood close to the school.
"Why are you protecting them?" He asked before turning around to me.
"Oh, as maybe because they are my friends and you were threatening Bonnie's date for no reason."
"Stopping my mother is a reason."
"Yeah, but it would not have done anything." He looked at me for a moment before speeding towards me and laying his lips onto mine. His hands cupped my face as I brought my hands to his wrist. 'Wow' I thought before he slowly took his lips off mine and looked me in the eyes.
"Yes." I said in a whisper. He looked at me with confusion in his eyes. "I'll leave with you tomorrow." He smiled.
"If I knew a kiss was all it took, I would have kissed you the moment I saw you in that dress." I gave him a small smile before hearing footsteps. We turned our heads to see Damon coming out of the shadows.
"Bonnie needs some help." Damon said to me before looking at Klaus. I took a step forward before feeling Klaus's hand join mine again. He walked with me, back into the school.

I walked in, holding Klaus's hand. Damon walked up to Bonnie and gave her a small vile.
"Here. Jeremy made a little Gilbert blood donation for your locator spell." Damon said to Bonnie, who looked back at me and Klaus. Her eyes stayed on Klaus.
"I have to do this with you two lurking over me?" She asked.
"You're still mad at me for what happened to Abby." She looked at Damon as he spoke. "Let me apologize. I'm sorry Elijah forced us to turn your mother into a vampire to save Elena's life. Didn't exactly have a choice."
"There's always a choice." Bonnie said, momentarily glancing back towards me before looking back at Damon. "Whenever you make one someone else suffers."
"Let's cut the dramatics and begin, shall we?" Klaus asked. I couldn't help but roll my eyes before taking a step towards Bonnie. Klaus didn't let go of my hand before I looked back at him. For a moment, I could see concern in his eyes, but he let go again. I stepped up to the table and looked at Bonnie. She gave me a small nod before pouring Jeremy's blood onto a map. I chanted the locater spell with Bonnie. The blood formed a circle, but didn't move anywhere on the map.
"Esther is fighting us." Bonnie said.
"Esther couldn't possibly have this much power." Klaus stepped up to me and Bonnie. "Unless…." I looked up at him. "She's channeling something." We both said at the same time.
"A hotspot." I said when I realized it. I looked at Klaus for a moment before he looked at Damon.
"Get the humans ready, I know where she is." He looked at me for a moment before stepping out of the classroom.
"Bonnie, can I have my necklace back?" I asked before she gave me a nod.
"Sure. I might not need it to find a way around the barrier." She said to me before I walked out of the classroom.

I walked outside of the school and saw Klaus staring out towards space. I walked towards him.
"You don't have to leave with me you know." I stopped in my tracks.
"What do you mean?" I asked before he turned around.
"If you're happier here, with your friends. You don't have to come with me." I was shocked.
"I want to though." I found myself saying. "Tyler technically, I'm assuming, would be coming with. Caroline would probably come so she wouldn't have to be away from him. Stefan and Damon live forever, Bonnie will probably find some way to slow down her aging unless she's forced into being a vampire and we all know that even though Elena doesn't want to be a vampire, she's going to be one eventually. More than likely after she has children so you her imitate family doesn't get harmed. As for Jeremy, I don't know. He'll probably become a vamp so he can spend eternity with his sister." I stepped closer to him. "I will always be able to see them in the future. Right now, I want to take up your offer and travel. After all, it's better to travel with someone instead of by yourself." He smiled. I turned my head towards the school and saw Bonnie walking out.
"It's done." She said. "Esther's not fighting me anymore. The boundary spell is broken."
"Thank you, Bonnie." Klaus said.
"I didn't do it for you." She basically spat at Klaus before turning back into the school.
"Let me take you back to your house." Klaus said to me before picking me up bridal style and speeding to the boarding house.

He stopped right when he reached my room.
"Here you go." Klaus said before setting me down.
"Thanks." I said before I found myself giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"I'll be back in the morning." He said before speeding away.

I was lying on my bed, looking at the ceiling, trying to sleep. I knew where everyone was, because Caroline texted me. Damon was losing his best friend because Esther wanted to get rid of vampires. The image of Damon's face with tears wouldn't get out of my mind. I took a deep breath before jumping off my bed and leaving to where I knew he would be.

I walked closer as Damon started to walk out. He looked at me with shock, but it was hidden behind his sadness.
"I'm sorry." Those were the only words that came out of my mouth. He gave me a slight nod.
"You should go." He barely said. "I just lost Ric and I don't want to see you because I know I'm losing you to." I let out a breath.
"You're not losing me Damon."
"I'm not? I've seen how you have been looking at Klaus tonight."
"Can you please not talk about him for five minutes?" I asked as quietly as I could. "You are not losing me. Just because we aren't together like we were before, doesn't mean you lost me." Our eyes didn't leave each other. "We live forever Damon. There is always going to be a chance, even if I am having feelings for someone else." At that moment we heard steps coming from behind us. Against what my mind was saying, I turned my head to see who it was. Bonnie was walking, still wearing her dress, right towards us.
"What are you doing here?" Damon asked. Bonnie ignored him and kept walking. "Hey Bonnie, what are you sleepwalking or something?" Bonnie ignored him.
"Bonnie?" I asked before she turned around. She lifted her hand and before I knew it, Damon and I both fell to the ground, screaming in pain. 'Esther.' I thought. She must be possessing Bonnie. All I could see was black before I could do anything.

~ I wrote the ending for the chapter how I had it planned, but I slightly changed it.
~ This chapter didn't go exactly as I had planned. I didn't have it planned for Klaus to say 'I love you' until almost right before he gets desecrated.
~ I know those of you that love Klaus/Chelsea should be happy with this chapter. For those of you who like Damon/Chelsea check out 'Into the Darkness'because that will eventually have Damon/Chelsea. It's only on the first chapter, but I have plans.

~ Please review and tell me any thoughts you have on the chapter and your possible predictions for the end of the story.

~ The next chapter will be 5/31/12.

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