The day had come. It was the day of the full moon. Jessie woke up and dressed herself in a simple grey dress. She didn't need to make a big deal of herself because she really had no idea how the day would unfold. She knew that sometime after dark, Klaus would perform the sacrifice, but she had no idea who the participants would be. She knew that she would have to be on her guard to make sure she didn't wind up in Klaus's possession. She and Anna headed to the boarding house to meet Elena, Stefan, Damon, and Elijah.
"Tonight is the full moon." Elijah said which everyone was aware of. "We should assume that Klaus is prepared to break the curse."
"So, just to be clear, the sun and moon curse is fake, and it's a curse on Klaus, right?" Jessie asked.
"That is correct." Elijah stated. "Klaus is a vampire born of a werewolf bloodline. If he breaks the curse, he'll be a true hybrid."
"Then why are we letting him break the curse?" Damon asked. "We could kill him today…with Bonnie."
"No." Elena responded. "Bonnie can't use that much power without dying. Did you forget?"
"I'll write her a great eulogy." Damon suggested.
"It's not an option, Damon." Elena declared.
"Can I talk about the elephant in the room and ask about the sacrifice. It requires a werewolf and a vampire." Jessie pointed out. She looked at Elijah. "You promised not to let any of us die."
"I assume that Klaus already has those components at his disposal." Elijah responded.
"What if he doesn't?" Anna asked. "What if he wants to find the werewolf and the vampire here?"
"I will everything in power to prevent that from happening." The Original declared as he grabbed a wooden box. "This is an elixir that I acquired in 1492. It possesses mystical properties of resuscitation."
"That's your secret McGuffin, a 500-year-old potion?" Jessie asked.
"How you just borrow Jeremy's ring?" Damon suggested.
"The ring only works on humans." Elijah explained. "The doppelganger is a supernatural occurrence. It won't work."
"Well I trust it more than your elixir." Damon replied. "What if it doesn't work, Elena?"
"Then I guess I'll just be dead." Elena stated.
At the Lockwood house, Maddox cast a spell that injured the mayor right after she called for her son to come home. He then walked away knowing there would be more he had to do.
Anna and Jessie went upstairs as they thought about what to do.
"You know I don't completely trust Elijah." Jessie remarked. "Klaus is his brother. I know he may say that he hates him, but they're still family. I mean I could never hate anyone in my family even if they held me within an inch of my life."
"I think we need to trust him." Anna opined as she rubbed Jessie's back to calm her down. "He's supposed to be a noble man. He should keep his word."
They then heard the sounds of Jenna and Alaric and ran downstairs.
Jenna was armed with a crossbow as she faced him.
"Jenna, put the crossbow down." He told her. "It's me."
"Stay away from me." Jenna ordered.
"It's me, Elena, I swear." The teacher declared. "He let me go. Klaus let me go."
"Prove it." Damon replied.
"Okay, the first you and I were together Jeremy…" Alaric responded.
"Okay, it's him." Jenna cut him off before she put the bow down.
"Why'd he let you go?" Jessie asked.
"He wanted me to deliver a message." Alaric stated. "The sacrifice happens tonight."
Inside the Fell house, Blair walked down to find Valerie in the kitchen.
"What are you doing?" She asked the blonde.
"I was looking for some breakfast." Valerie responded. "Eating and drinking blood is a little hard to keep track of."
"How about I take you to get some breakfast?" Blair suggested.
"Don't you have to like lock yourself up for the full moon?" The teenager asked.
"That's not until tonight." Blair clarified. "I have time. Let's go to the Grill."
"Okay." Valerie agreed.
Back in the boarding house, the crew was questioning Alaric to make sure he was who he said he was.
"So you don't remember anything that happened?" Stefan asked.
"No, it's like I blacked out and woke up three days later." The hunter remarked. "Katherine was there."
"She's under compulsion." Stefan stated. "Damon snuck her some vervain, but she can't leave until Klaus tells her she can."
Upstairs, Elena and Damon had a discussion that ended in him feeding his blood into Elena's mouth. Stefan rushed up and threw his brother off of his girlfriend. That led to an epic fight between them.
Blair parked her car in an alley not far from the Grill. Valerie got out first.
"Thanks for bringing me here." Valerie told her niece. "It's good to know that I have family that I can count on."
"You should try to tell your dad." The werewolf suggested. "He might be more understanding than you think."
"I'm scared." Valerie explained. She then heard a loud ringing. "What is that sound?"
"Oh no." Blair remarked before both of them fell to the ground. There were Maddox and Greta. Greta also stuck a vervain needle into Valerie before they grabbed the two and took them where they were going to be holding them."
At the Grill, Damon went in for a drink when he was met by Klaus. Jessie also had to work a short shift.
"Why so glum?" He asked.
"So we finally meet." Damon declared.
"Seems that way." The Original agreed.
"Any reason you stopped by to say hi?" Damon asked him.
"I'm told your brother fancies my doppelganger and you are a dear friend." Klaus stated. "I just thought I'd remind you not to do anything that you'll regret."
"You're too late for that, pal." Damon replied.
"I have my vampire. I have my werewolf. The ritual will happen tonight. So if you want to live, you will not interfere." The blonde man warned them. "All three of the lovely ladies I have will die tonight."
Jessie then realized something. She immediately called Blair and got no answer. She then called Tina.
"Do you know where Blair is?" She asked her sister.
"She said that she was taking Valerie to the Grill. She left about an hour ago." Tina explained.
"They're not here which means that Klaus has them and that I have to save them." Jessie replied before she hung up her phone. She found Matt who apparently was about to go on his lunch break. "Matt, tell the boss I quit."
"What, you can't just leave in the middle of your shift." Matt responded.
"I have a big family issue and I have to go." Jessie replied.
"I know you're a vampire." Matt replied.
"Okay well you might not about that I need to save my aunt and sister from a madman who wants to sacrifice them." Jessie replied before she rushed out the door.
Valerie woke in upside of the tomb to find Blair sitting across from her. Both of them were chained up and Valerie couldn't break the chains.
"Where are we?" The vampire asked. "Who were those people?"
"We're in the tomb." Blair replied. "Did Jessie tell you about the sacrifice?"
"Yeah." The blonde replied hesitantly.
"Well they want to sacrifice us." Blair explained. At that time, Valerie felt like she was going to have a panic attack.
Jessie had wondered a few places that Klaus could be keeping them. She thought about Alaric's apartment, but realized that that would be too obvious. She had checked the Fell warehouse and then realized that Klaus was going for some irony. She ran down towards Fell's Church to rescue them.
"Which one are you trying to save?" Maddox asked. "Or are you after both."
"I guess it doesn't matter." Jessie replied.
"Did you really think that Klaus would leave them unprotected?" The witch asked.
"How about we just get down to business?" Jessie suggested. "I'm going to try to kill you and you're going to do that witch migraine thing."
"Sounds good." Maddox declared as he cast his spell and she began to hold her head. Unfortunately for him, he put all of his focus on what was in front of him. He didn't know Anna was behind him with a crossbow. The stake went through his chest and he fell to the ground. Jessie bit into his neck and finished him off.
"I don't want to die. I don't wanna die." Valerie panicked. "Someone has to help us right? He's not going to actually sacrifice us, is he?"
"I don't know if we should get our hopes up, but you should calm down." Blair responded.
"How can you say that?" Valerie questioned. "We're going to die. I'm 15 years old. I've never even been able to leave this town. I have big dreams that I'm never going to be able to do."
"Did someone call for a rescue?" Jessie asked as she and Anna came into view.
"Jessie!" Valerie exclaimed as Jessie broke her bonds. "You made it. You're here."
"I made it." Jessie repeated. She then looked to her sister whose was broken free by Anna. "You need to go straight home. "
"I can get there." Blair promised.
"What are we going to about her?" Anna asked, referring to Valerie.
"We can take her to the boarding house." Jessie suggested.
"Elena would have to be home to invite her in." Anna pointed out. "She went out with Stefan and might not be back yet."
"Then we'll take her to…witch house with Jeremy and Bonnie." Jessie suggested.
They exited the tomb to see that it was already dark and the moon was starting to become full.
"Okay, new plan: Blair runs one way and we run the other as fast as we can." Jessie replied. She did not want to get a werewolf bite from her sister.
At the boarding house, Stefan and Elena had returned in his car. He let out and looked her over. He wondered how much more time he would have.
"Thanks for today." She told him. The two of them then looked and saw Klaus standing in the driveway.
"Don't be all nervous." He instructed. "I thought you maybe you've done something stupid. You ready, Love?"
"I'm ready." Elena declared as she walked over toward him.
"You know your friend fell for my bait." Klaus stated. "I guess it's ironic because that is her name after all."
Stefan tried to stop Elena from going.
"I wouldn't." Klaus told him. "No reason for you to die too."
"No, Stefan, hey, it's fine." Elena told him as she stood in front of him. "It's fine. I'll go. No one needs to get hurt. There's no reason for you to get hurt."
She kissed him in what appeared to Klaus was a kiss goodbye.
"I love you." She told him.
"I love you." He reciprocated before he kissed her again. She then walked over to Klaus.
Jessie, Anna, and Valerie were running the words when Jessie's phone went off.
"Now isn't really the time, Stefan." She told him as she tried to get toward the Grill.
"Klaus said that you took his bait." Stefan told her. "I don't think he ever planned on sacrificing Blair or Valerie."
"What?" Jessie asked.
"Klaus came and took Elena." Stefan explained. "I think that he has another vampire and another werewolf."
"Damn, I should have left Blair in there." Jessie remarked. "But I killed his witch. He can't break the curse without a witch."
"I wouldn't be surprised if he had more than one of those." Stefan remarked.
In Alaric's apartment, Klaus looked over Katherine while he looked over a trailer that had Tyler chained in. He was in the pain of changing. It was then that Damon walked into the room and stood in front of Klaus.
"What are you doing here?" He asked.
"I came here to tell you that you have to postpone the ritual." Damon replied. "The werewolf and vampire have been freed and your witch is dead."
"Actually, the girl saved my backup werewolf and witch that I was only going to use if something happened to the first two." Klaus explained. "Now Maddox's death is a bit off-putting, but lucky for me, I have a spare witch. I knew someone would try to stop me, so I made sure to have reserves. I've been waiting a thousand years for this. Did you honestly think I wouldn't have a backup plan? I believe that you've already met my werewolf."
He then snapped Damon's neck.
The girls arrived at the Grill. Matt was there with Caroline.
"I'd like to introduce you two to my cousin, Valerie." She stated. "I don't know what you know, but I need you to keep her here for right now. Whatever you do, stay here."
"Where are you going?" Caroline asked.
"We're going to the boarding house to meet with Elijah." Anna remarked. "I don't know if he'll be able to save Elena, but we still need to kill Klaus."
Greta dragged Elena through the woods.
"Where are we going?" The doppelganger asked.
"This way." Greta instructed.
"You're Luca's sister, aren't you?" Elena asked. "I heard about you. He and your father were looking for you."
"They were wasting their time." Greta replied as they continued to walk. "I wasn't lost."
Elena tripped over a rock.
"I can't see anything." She complained. Greta fixed that problem by creating some fire. She then noticed that they were in the old quarry. What she also noticed was a body. She looked and noticed that it was the body of Jenna. She ran over to her and shook her. She checked her pulse and found that she was dead.
"He killed her?" Elena asked. "Why? I did everything he asked."
Jenna then shot up and Elena screamed.
"She's not dead." Greta remarked as Jenna gasped for air. "She's in transition."
So, Klaus is using Tyler instead of Jules. Plus no one was bitten. You can take that for what it's worth. There are only two more chapters left and you might not see the ending coming. Please don't forget to review.