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All the witches were there.

'One problem,' Beth said. 'We don't have Céline.'

'Why can't we try to use her for the spell to contact the power of Emmely?' another witch asked. 'I mean… she's Bonnie's sibling.'

'Only Bonnie,' Beth said. 'She's the only one who has Emmely's spirit. So we need to bring her back. And even if we could use her, we would still have to steal steal Céline.'

'How are we going to do that?' a witch named Nik asked. 'They think we want to kill Klaus. So they won't let us in.'

'Maybe we will,' Beth said. 'But don't worry, we can hold the vampires down for a few minutes. First we'll perform a spell on Céline, so she'll know where to go. After that, we'll break in. Some of us will keep the vampires down, while other people free the girl.'

The witches stood in front of the house.

'Is the spell still working?' Beth asked.

'Yes.'

'Okay. They can't hear or smell us, but the can see us. So be careful.'

Everybody nodded; they all understood the importance of this moment.

'You know what to do next,' she said. 'Come on.'

She and four other witches stepped inside the house. Beth knew where the girl was, but in order to get there, they had to pass the living room. They slowly walked, but then she saw the vampires sitting and laughing. The little girl, Penelope, laid in Klaus' arms.

Beth sighed. 'Stay here,' she whispered. She walked back towards the other witches. 'The plans are changed, guys. Hold hands.'

She stayed outside of the circle. 'Connect your powers and bring all the vampires down,' Beth said. 'We'll only have a few minutes, but we can't fight them. Wait. I'll go back inside. Start after one minute.'

She hurried back inside, towards the living room. A few seconds after she arrived there, she heard them screaming. Without thinking the other witches ran across them, towards the cellar. She murmured a spell to open the door and went downstairs. The girl was there, lying on a small bed. Her hair was dirty and she smelled a bit. Beth didn't care, grabbed the girl and dragged her towards the other witches. 'Bring her outside,' she yelled and the other four took her and ran away.

She followed them, slowly. When she reaching the living room, she saw the vampires. Elena, Stefan, Damon, Caroline, Hailey and even Elijah and Stefan were lying on the ground or on the couch, hands clamped around their ears. Penelope laid on the ground. Beth felt a sting of guilt when she saw Damon. God, he was hot… But he was a vampire. But maybe… maybe they could change that.

She turned around , but before she could leave the house, something hit her. An intense pain shot threw her head as she fell on the ground. She quickly turned away and saw the Doppelganger with a cooking pan. She tried to hit her again but Beth rolled away. She stood up, ignoring the pain in her head. 'You're quite a fighter, aren't you?' she asked Katherine.

'I am,' Katherine said proudly. She tried to hit her again, but Beth managed to grab the pan and while they were both holding it, she kicked Katherine in the stomach. She heard her groan in pain, but she didn't let go. Instead, she pulled even harder and let go. Beth fall again and while she was down, Katherine kicked her. Beth groaned and tried to get away. She turned around and got hold of Katherine's leg. She let some magic float through her leg and heard the snap of a breaking bone. Katherine yelled and fell down.

'Bitch,' Beth said and she kicked her again, only the heard her yell. That Doppelganger bitch had to die, she thought. Maybe not right now, but later. She left the building.

The witches were still holding hands.

'It's a pity we don't have brooms,' she joked, although this wasn't funny at al. 'Bring the girl back,' she said. 'And you, keep the circle.'

They waited a few minutes until they knew Céline was safe – well, safe from the vampires – then they broke the circle. And ran.

'They're coming after us,' Beth said after a few seconds. She turned around and made the vampires who were following here were struck with the pain. But she wasn't strong enough to keep Klaus and Elijah down. She knew the witches were almost safe, somewhere where the vampires couldn't reach them. Eventually, her power broke and Klaus jumped at her. Elijah stood still beside him; she saw him look at her and felt Klaus' hands on her neck for less than a seconds. Then he snapped her neck and her head fell back.

'In a few hours, the ritual will start.'

'Beth's death,' someone said. 'Who will take her place at the ritual?'

'I think Elsia should do that,' a blonde witch said. Everybody looked at Elsia; a girl with long brown hair and dark eyes. She smiled. 'I'd love to do that,' she said.

She looked at Céline; the girl looked so sad. 'In a few hours it's over,' she said to her. And then she smiled. 'I'm going to get ready for the ritual.'

'What are we going to do?' Hailey asked.

'They protected the place where they're going to do the spell,' Elijah said. 'We can't go there.'

'Wait,' Jeremy said. He looked at a point next to Elena. 'Bonnie says that we can when they start with the ritual.'

'What?' Caroline asked.

'Then we'll be able to approach, not into the circle, but they'll need so much power that they aren't able to keep up the… wall,' Jeremy said. He smiled at Bonnie.

'We need to keep them from killing Klaus,' Damon said.

'Thank you mate,' Klaus said a bit sarcastically. 'How?'

'Bonnie says that we don't know when they're going to kill you,' Jeremy said. 'Tonight they're only going to bring her back.'

'So that gives us some time,' Elijah said.

'Bonnie, don't you have an idea how to stop them?' Caroline asked.

'No,' Jeremy responded.

Elena closed her eyes and sighed. She didn't know what to do. In a few hours or maybe a few days, she could be dead.

'Wait,' Klaus said. 'They protect the place against vampires. That means that Katherine and Jeremy can go there.'

'No way,' Damon said immediately. He grabbed Katherines hand. She stepped close to him and laid her head against his chest. 'I'm not scared,' she said.

'Katherine, you're not going,' Damon said.

'Maybe I'm,' she said. 'Damon, if I don't go, there's a chance the witches kill everyone I care about. I'm not going to let that happen.'

'I don't want you to risk your life,' Damon said.

Katherine sighed.

'What do you want me to do?' she asked Elijah.

'No,' Damon said, but she ignored.

He sighed. 'I don't know,' Elijah whispered. 'The only thing we can do is stop the ritual, but I don't know how.'

Everybody looked at Jeremy, hoping that he had some helpful comment from Bonnie. He shook his head. 'She doesn't know.'

'So we don't have a plan,' Caroline said. She sat down and let her head rest in her hands. 'And were going to die.'

She started to cry. 'I don't want to day. I'm only 18 years.'

Klaus sat next to her and held her in his arms. 'It's going to be okay,' he promised her.

Everyone looked at there. Katherine held Damon, Hailey held Penelope, Elijah looked at Jeremy hugging Elena.

Damon didn't know what to say. He wanted to say that everything was going to be alright, but he didn't believe that himself. And he realised that this could be his last moments. If this were his last moments, he wanted someone to be with him.

'I'm going to call my brother,' Damon said.

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