~ OMG, with how I have it planned, the final chapter will go up next week! Can you believe it? This is the longest I've gone with a story. Thank you for everything that has brought this story so far. Without you, I honestly would have killed Chelsea off... and it would never have gotten this far.

~ When I post the endings, for 'The Departed', should I post the alternate ending first, or the real one? Tell me what one you want first. The one who get's the most people for it will be posted first.

psycho17: Chelsea always had a brother. It's just I never really had him in this story. I mentioned him a while back, but I thought that I should have had Chelsea talk to her brother in the story. They never listen to the universe about the dances... lol Glad to put something unexpected in it. I don't know if Damon is getting screwed over... but with eternity you never really know who you are supposed to be with if you stay with one person all the time. Chelsea is just going to see what it might be like with Klaus by giving him a try. There is a possible chance of the Damon/Chelsea/Klaus triangle going into season 4. He is going make an apperance in Mystic Falls in ' Into The Darkness'.

ENJOY!

Chelsea's POV

My head pounded. I slowly opened my eyes to see that I was at the cemetery. I turned my head and saw Damon on the ground. He wasn't moving. I took in a deep breath before moving towards him.
"Damon." I basically whispered as I shook his body with my hand. "Damon." I said a little louder. He let out a groan.
"What happened?" He asked in a groan.
"Esther possessed Bonnie." I said before I remembered Bonnie went where Alaric would have been. "Bonnie." I got up and managed to walk where Bonnie went. I could smell blood 'Bonnie's blood' I thought as I entered. There was Bonnie, lying on the floor in the dress that she had worn to the dance. I bent down next to her and put hand on her back. "Bonnie." I said as I gave her a little push. She groaned and I was relived. 'She's alive.' I thought.
"My neck." She said in a whisper before trying to move. "What happened?"
"Esther happened." I looked around and saw that Alaric wasn't there. Bonnie tried to get up, but I quickly fed her some of my blood to heal her neck wound.
"The stake." I said in a whisper before getting up and looking on the floor. "It's gone." I looked at Bonnie, who was now standing, facing towards me.
"Let's go." Damon said from the entrance. "We have to let Elena know."
"You take Bonnie. I have to do a few things and then I'll catch up." I said to Damon before turning to Bonnie. "I'll bring you some clothes." I sped out leaving Damon with Bonnie.

I went to the place closest from the cemetery. I just opened the door and went right in. His voice came from a room and I followed it.
"He's stuck at the school without a daylight ring…" I recognized the voice as Rebekah.
"At least now I know where he went." I said as I walked into the room. Both Rebekah and Klaus turned towards me.
"Chelsea." Rebekah said when she saw me. "Your hair's a mess."
"What happened?" Klaus asked, with slight anger in his voice.
"I just spend the whole night on the ground in the cemetery." I said looking between Klaus and Rebekah. "I'm just checking if you found out about your mom's creation and to warn you."
"We have to leave." Rebekah said to me. "He's strong and the stake won't kill him."
"Then I'll get Bonnie. She'll help me do something about it to protect Elena."
"We won't have time if we leave now." Klaus said to me.
"You're going to need Elena for more hybrids, which you know they won't let happen. There is probably a spell that could increase any certain amount of blood. I could find it and you would only need a bag of her blood."
"You're coming with?" Rebekah asked.
"Didn't Nik tell you?" I asked Rebekah before looking at Klaus. "I have to get my stuff and I'll be at Elena's." I said before speeding away from them.

I had stopped at the boarding house, for ten minutes to put some stuff in a suitcase, which I left at the edge of the bed. As I walked up the steps of Elena's house I had clothes for Bonnie in my hand.

"So, where's the stake now?" I heard Stefan ask.
"With Alaric…" I said as I opened the door ", more than likely." Stefan, Damon, and Bonnie all looked at me as I walked into the kitchen. I tossed the clothes onto the table in front of Bonnie.
"And we don't know where he is." Damon said, looking to Bonnie and Stefan. "He can kill an Original and wipe out an entire line of vampires."
"Which puts all of us in danger." I said looking from Bonnie, to Stefan, and then to Damon.
"I should have killed him instead of letting him die with dignity." Damon quietly said.
"Letting him die with dignity was probably one of the best things you could have done for him." I said to him.
"So how do we kill him now?" Stefan asked after a few minutes.
"Chop his head off or pull out his heart and that's assuming we can get close enough to him to do that." I said.
"A witch can't truly make an immortal creature, there is always a way to undo a spell." Bonnie said.
"So, what's the witchy work around?" Damon asked.
"That's the problem. I don't know." Bonnie said to him before looking at me.
"What Esther did was dark magic. To create a truly immortal creature goes against the balance of nature." I looked from Damon to Bonnie. "We could always turn him into a human. It's possible that he would go back to his old self and if not, we could always lock him up."
"Even if we knew how to do that, with the two of us together we still wouldn't have enough power."
"What's the point of you two being witches if you can do a spell?" Damon asked with irritation in his voice.
"It doesn't help with you snapping at us." I said to him, looking straight in his eyes. "I'm going in the other room." I said before I turned around and walked into the living room.

I laid backwards onto the couch and looked at the ceiling. 'I should stay and help them kill Alaric.' I thought. They were talking in the kitchen, mainly about Alaric, but I heard my name a couple of times. There was also mention of Klaus, but I kinda tuned out. To kill Alaric we would need to harness a great amount of power or just have a really great plan to chop off his head. There is also the option to rip his heart out, but I doubt we could get that close to him. If he is as strong as Rebekah meant, then we would have better luck with magic. To do any dark magic would mean tapping into places that we might not be able to handle. I've always been able to handle my magic, but I never tapped into the dark side of it. We would need to do that though in order to live. 'We could desiccate him.' I thought. I got up from the couch to tell them my idea, but then the doorbell rang.

I walked to the door and answered it. When I opened it, I saw Klaus with a smirk, standing on the porch.
"Hello love." He said to me, looking into my eyes. "Got everything ready?" He asked before Jeremy joined me at the door.
"What the hell do you want?" Jeremy angrily asked.
"Now is that anyway to treat a guest?" Klaus said to Jeremy, after looking away from me.
"You did almost kill him." I said to Klaus.
"What are you doing here, Klaus?" Stefan asked as he stepped up behind me and Jeremy.
"Well, for starters, young Jeremy here could show some manners and invite me inside." Klaus said as he looked at Stefan.
"That's not going to happen." I said.
"Well, they could always come outside." Klaus said as he looked at me. I could feel Damon walk up behind us.
"Why don't you go up to your room?" Stefan suggested to Jeremy.
"Now." Damon basically ordered Jeremy. I took a deep breath as Jeremy walked up the stairs.
"Hm, poor lad. Loses one questionable father figure only to be replaced by the likes of the two of you." Klaus said as he looked between Stefan and Damon.
"Be nice Nik." I said to him.
"He can't be nice." I rolled my eyes at Damon's remark. "Something happened."
"Oh, I know all about my mother's invulnerable little creation and that's why I'm here." Klaus said to Damon before glancing at me. "I'm leaving town, just need to pick up a few road trip necessities." He looked at Stefan. "Spare tire, flashlight, doppelganger," He looked at me with a slight smirk ", Chelsea."
"Sorry, can't help you there." Damon said.
"Well, technically you only need to get me the doppelganger seeing as Chelsea is coming willingly."
"What?" Damon asked in slight shock.
"She didn't tell you? How many things haven't you told them?" Klaus asked me before I closed the door in his face.
"Since when were you going to tell us?" Damon asked, looking into my eyes as Stefan walked upstairs.
"Relax Damon, it wouldn't be the first time I left Mystic Falls with him." He let out a breath. "Besides, I was going to come back for birthdays and holidays anyway. So, it wouldn't be like I wasn't going to visit."
"But I wouldn't know if you were okay or not."
"Then I'll call you just so you won't go on a reckless mission just to make sure I'm okay."
"Is that the best I'm going to get?"
"Elena's gone." Stefan said as he walked down the stairs.

I walked into the kitchen with Damon. Bonnie looked at us with a concerned look in her face.
"What's going on?" She asked me as Damon looked around.
"Klaus was here. He's leaving town and wants Elena." I explained to her.
"And you." Damon said.
"Now's not the time Damon." I said to him. Damon walked back into the living room and started to talk with Stefan.
"Where is she?" Damon asked.
"She's not here. I've checked everywhere inside." Stefan explained to Damon as Bonnie and I walked up behind him.
"What do you mean she's not here? Where did she go?"
"Narnia." I said which earned an 'Are you kidding?' look from both Stefan and Damon. My eyes went to the window, where I could catch Klaus pacing in front of the house. I walked to the window and looked out the blinds. He had a newspaper in his hand and a pissed off look.
"What's he doing?" Bonnie asked as Damon walked up next to me. He stood next to me, looking through the blinds.
"Klaus wants in. We have to keep him out." Damon said.
"You could always let him in." I said. "Less damage that way."
"Could you make it any clearer that you're on his side?" Damon asked me without looking at me.
"You know, if I was in his side, I would have brought Elena straight to him." I said, glancing at Damon before I returned my eyes to Klaus. He moved his arm like he was going to throw the newspaper.
"Duck." I said before ducking down onto the ground. The newspaper flew through the window, shattering the glass. I looked up and saw that Stefan was on top of Bonnie, protecting her. Damon was lying on the ground, next to me.

After a minute on the ground, I figured that Klaus wasn't going to throw anything so I got up.
"I think you're probably gonna want to let me in!" Klaus yelled from outside as Damon, Stefan and Bonnie stood up. I stood in my spot for a minute, looking through the broken glass before following the others into the kitchen. Stefan looked out the window as Jeremy joined us.
"Elena's car is gone." Stefan said before looking towards Jeremy.
"Why wouldn't she tell anyone where she was going?" Bonnie asked. The next thing I know a soccer ball blasts through the front door, breaking it off the hinges. It bounced off the kitchen table, making fruit fly off. Stefan pulled Bonnie and Jeremy out of the way.
"Get down." He said and they hid behind the counter with Stefan next to them. A white fence post flew through the door and I ducked. It missed both me and Damon's head before sticking into the wall.
"Missed me!" Damon yelled back at Klaus before pulling the post out of the wall. He chucked it back at Klaus.
"Can't say I didn't warn you." I said to Damon before another post was thrown in. It shattered the glass of a picture, and stuck into the wall.
"Missed me again!" Damon shouted to Klaus. Stefan's phone rang just as Klaus threw another post into the house. We stayed on the ground for a minute before knowing that he wasn't going to throw anything else. I rose up and looked at the surrounding area. Broken glass laid on the ground along with some broken wood. The others stood up and observed the surroundings.
"Bonnie," I said as I reached for the clothes that I had brought with me ", you should go change." I said as I handed her the clothes. "Leave this to the vampires." I glanced at Jeremy, who ended up walking up the stairs with Bonnie.

I closed my eyes and focused on the picture, the things that were on the table and the door. I took deep breaths, thinking about them fixing themselves. Slowly they started to mend, at least that's from what I heard. When I opened my eyes everything was fixed, except for the front window.
"You couldn't have fixed the window?" Damon asked with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.
"Too many pieces," I said to Damon ", it would take too long. We don't exactly have time on our side right now."
"And whose side is that?" Damon asked. I just looked at him, taking in a deep breath.
"Obviously yours, otherwise I'd be out there with him throwing things." I could hear Klaus walking onto the porch. I sped towards the door and opened it.
"I see you fixed the door." Klaus said to me. He was holding a newspaper in his hand that was on fire and a propane tank in the other hand.
"Are you going to set us on fire?" I asked as I stood inside the house.
"Only the house." I just looked at Klaus. "I'm sure you would have protected yourself."
"I would have stopped the whole fire." I said to him.
"Put it out." Stefan said as he walked up behind me. Klaus looked from me to Stefan.
"Come outside and make me." They eyes connected for a minute before Stefan took a step onto the porch.
"Elena's not here." I looked at the back of Stefan's head. "Alaric has her and Caroline and he's gonna kill them both unless you turn yourself over to him." 'They're at the school.' I thought as Klaus tossed the newspaper to the side and set the propane tank down.
"Now, I know you're not asking me to walk into a certain death." Klaus said to Stefan as I took a step onto the porch.
"I really wish we could." I held back the urge to roll my eyes. "But unfortunately, if Alaric kills you there's a one in four chance that we die too." I could hear Damon walk up behind us.
"I'll take those odds." Damon said, looking from Stefan to Klaus.
"You would." I murmured, but they all heard me.
"And a hundred percent chance that Tyler dies." Stefan said to Damon.
"I'm good with that too." Damon said.
"I'm not." I said, looking at Damon.
"Why don't we just figure out a way to put Alaric down?" Klaus squinted his eyes at Stefan before turning around.
"Okay, how about Damon sneaks in and distracts Alaric, while Stefan grabs Elena and carries her to safety?" Klaus suggested without looking at me.
"Huh, that's a great idea. What's to stop me from getting killed instantly?" Damon asked.
"Nothing."
"You two stop being jealous." I said which grabbed both of their attention. "I could try to immobilize him and then somebody and go in and snap his neck. While he's down we could chop his head off or tear out his heart." I looked between Stefan, Damon, and Klaus. "Problem solved. The only person that would die would be Alaric."
"I might have an idea." Bonnie said as she stepped out of the house. "My mom used a desiccation spell on Mikael that immobilized him for over 15 years. If I can get it, I might be able to use it on Alaric."
"That's a good idea." I said.
"If and might? Your words inspire such confidence." Klaus said to Bonnie.
"I'll get it. But even with the spell, we'll need a lot of vampire muscle to take him down. Including yours." Klaus looked at Bonnie before looking at me. He let out a breath before turning around, taking a step towards the stairs.
"Just so we're clear, the sun sets in about eight hours." Klaus said as he turned to face us. "If we don't succeed before then, Elena will be dead, we'll be gone," He glanced at me ", and the rest of you will be left to fend for yourselves."
"Actually if we don't succeed, then I'm staying here." Klaus looked at me with slight shock in his eyes. "I'm not going to let any of my friends to die because of a vampire slayer." I said to Klaus, without glancing to anyone else.
"Let's go." Klaus said to me and I knew where he meant. I started to follow him.
"Where are you going?" Damon asked me.
"The school." I said, turning back towards Damon. "That's where Alaric is. We can wait outside until we Bonnie gets the spell, assuming we get it before sunset." Damon just looked at me, trying to hide the emotions in his eyes. I could see right through them.
"I'll go with you." Stefan said before taking a step towards us.
"The more the merrier." I said with a small smile to Stefan before looking to Damon. I gave him a nod before turning around to follow Klaus.

~ I had this chapter all planned out, but what I typed wasn't what I planned. When I watched the episode I had it exactly planned where I was going to split it into two chapters. How this chapter ends, wasn't it. It's still a good ending though.
~ So, Chelsea had a little visit with Rebekah and Klaus. I wasn't originally going to have that in there, but as I was writing it, it just came out.

~ Please keep on reviewing this story until the end. And if you haven't already, please check out the prequel to this story 'Into The Darkness'.

~ The next chapter is 6/2/12

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