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"Your telekinesis and telepathy was given to you to help you in your mission," Bertha said as she circled around Elena, who was sitting on the floor, candles surrounding her. "You were chosen when you were born, and thus it brought special gifts. However these powers are affected deeply when you are afraid. You really have to watch and guard your emotions."

Bertha cleared her throat. "Candles help to keep maintain inner peace. It is a way to show your body that you are in control, not fear. Your powers are there, and when you're determined, they work. However, you cannot let negative emotions such as grief or fear affect you."

"How?" Elena asked. "I can't control my feelings! I'll never get this down path!"

"By maintaining a high self esteem, that's exactly what you're not doing right now. Have faith in yourself, dear. You have all the positive power in the world, you have nothing to fear. Not even Klaus. The good always wins, Elena."

For some reason, Elena found that hard to believe but she somehow had to force herself to become more optimistic; for the sake of her 'powers'.

Damon was standing close to her, watching Bertha's every move as he rubbed Elena's back soothingly.

"I want you to focus on the things that make you happy," Bertha said. "Choose an emotion. Hope, love, faith…anything. You'll see that your telekinesis will increase."

Elena closed her eyes, imagining the perfect life where she is Damon's, and they live happily in the Boarding house without having to fear anything or anyone. She imagined Jenna and her brother…

"Now focus on the chair," Bertha said slowly, and the chair slowly moved.

"Since you're relaxed, you're in control. But if you let the negative feelings affect you, the telekinesis will take over and there will be nothing you can do to stop it."

Bertha sighed. "You did really well today, Elena. We'll work on your telepathy tomorrow."

Elena couldn't sleep. She kept turning to find a comfortable position, trying hard not to wake Damon up.

"What's wrong 'Lena?" He asked her softly at last.

"I'm sorry I woke you up," She sighed. "I can't sleep. Not when Bonnie's here…"

"You'll meet her tomorrow, baby," He said, placing a kiss on her cheek. "You're exhausted, Elena. Stop thinking about it and get some sleep, I promise you everything will go well tomorrow."

"I know. I'm just scared that someonewill catch Victoria…We've been hiding in here for days. What if someone sees her?"

"No one will notice a thing," Damon assured her, kissing her head. "I promise. You're safe."

"I want you to promise me another thing,"Elena said with a deep breath, and Damon encouraged her to continue.
"Whatever happens, please, get Ellie out of here. If we have the opportunity to leave and you have to choose, please save my sister."

"Elena…"

"Please, Damon. I know you love me, and I know you'd choose me in a heartbeat but please, I want you to promise me that you'll save my sister if it comes down to one of us. Please."

"I won't have to. No one will die."

"We don't know that," Elena said pleadingly.

"Fine. I promise," Damon said, "But I won't have to." He added again in a whisper. He honoured her nobility. She didn't even know she had a sister a little while ago and she'd still sacrifice her life for Ellie. He respected that out of everything else.

He stroked her cheek lovingly, holding her protectively against his chest. "Get some rest, baby."

Elena woke up to the smell of coffee and she found a sandwich on the little table they had.

"Where's everybody?" She asked Damon who was rummaging through the storage boxes almost desperately.

"Victoria went to check up on Bonnie. Kol had some business to attend to."

"What business?"

"Guess we'll never know," Damon said quickly-way too quickly.

"Are you ok? You seem a little…out of breath," Elena said.

"No," Damon finally admitted. "I haven't had a proper drop of blood in a few days, Elena. The bloodbags are gone, and I don't really think it's a good idea to send someone to steal more blood bags…"

Elena looked at him in understanding-Sometimes she forgot that he had needs too.

"Drink from me," She said without second thought, standing next to him.

Damon's eyes snapped open. "Of course not, Elena. I'd rather starve. You should stay away at least till the cravings pass…" He said more to himself than to her. "I'm more afraid that I'll hurt you than anything else."

"You won't," Elena offered him her wrist."I'll be fine, Damon. I have been bitten before-I can handle it."

"I won't cause you pain," He said stubbornly. "I don't want you to be obligated to feed me."

"You won't and I'm not. I want to."

She moved towards him and kissed his lips softly, showing him how much she trusted him. "You won't hurt me."
Damon sighed and grabbed the girl in front of him, placing her on his lap as she offered him her wrist. He shook his head."If we're doing this, we're doing it right," He said with his bad boy smirk."I'll make it feel good for you."

Damon started to slowly unbutton Elena's dress, placing kisses on her neck.

"Lift your arms up," He said softly, and she obeyed. In one swift movement, her dress was off and she was pinned underneath him on the bed.

"If I hurt you you have to tell me…" He whispered wearily, for once not feeling confident in his actions.

"I'm fine, Damon…" She reassured him sweetly.

He placed kisses on Elena's bare body, nibbling on her arm and thighs, not enough to draw blood out but enough to feel the pointy tips of his fangs. She gave him her consent as he put his lips on her stomach and slowly trailed them upwards towards her chest until he reached her neck.

He bit down and while Elena felt the initial pain of the breaking skin, the pain didn't last long. Instead it turned into sinful pleasure as he continued to drink from her, licking the excessive blood off to heal the wound quicker. Elena had to hold on to his shoulders to remain still.

He withdrew and smiled at her.

"How do I taste?" She asked with a smirk.

"Amazing," He said, stroking her hair."Are you okay?"

"Never better," Elena said. "You?"

"I am," Damon nodded, "Do you want my blood to heal you?"

"It's ok, Damon. I'm fine." She gently brushed her fingers over the two bite marks, smiling to herself.

"Very well," Damon smirked, "But I am not finished with you yet, you know," He smirked suggestively, his fingers dancing on the very top of her black bra.

"Then take me," Elena challenged with a smile.

The pair ended up getting out of bed close to two hours later, when Damon heard quiet footsteps. They put on clothes and Elena checked on Ellie, who was still peacefully asleep, and at that moment Victoria stepped in along with a very scared girl-Bonnie.

"Oh my God," Elena gasped the second she saw her best friend. Her heart started to race very fast as Bonnie's eyes locked with hers and she saw tears. Bonnie ran towards Elena and hugged her as hard as she could while they sobbed.

"Oh my God I thought you were dead,"Bonnie exclaimed, holding Elena's face. "I missed you so much, Elena! I thought…Oh my God…" Bonnie cried, "What is this place, Elena? What are they doing to you?"

"Shh, calm down, Bonnie…" She placed both hands on her best friends shoulders attempting to sooth her.

The two girls sat down and Elena started the story from the very beginning, telling her every single detail ever since she was kidnapped.

Bonnie glanced at Damon angrily, standing up, but Elena held her arm gently. "It's okay, Bonnie. Damon changed. He'd never do anything to hurt me, and you're safe too. I'm in love with Damon."

Damon bit his lip and didn't say anything, because he knew that he had no excuses. He shouldn't have kidnapped Elena, but he couldn't change the past. He sighed and looked lovingly at his girlfriend, who was smiling at him gently. Her smile was almost making him uncomfortable, because no one had looked at him with such kindness.
He moved towards her and stroked her arm.

"It's true, Bonnie. I'd never do anything to hurt Elena. And you're safe too," He added.

Bonnie nodded her head slowly, still warily. "The entire town was looking for you, Elena. Jenna was going crazy and so was Jeremy. Then Sheriff Forbes decided to spill the truth."

"What truth?" Elena asked.

"She thought that vampires had something to do with this. The whole town knows about the founding council in the past…their true intentions were to kill vampires. And this is exactly what they are going to do. They're planning war."

"No," Elena said. "This isn't right. It's not fair to anyone…" She looked at Damon and then to Victoria, who had done so much for little Ellie. "Besides, how can humans take down vampires?"

"There was compulsory training twice a week for everyone, as well as the awareness of vervain and wooden stakes. The entire water supply is full of vervain, and in every house there are stakes, vervain grenades…" Bonnie explained it quietly, obviously not wanting to talk about it at all-let alone in front of Damon; a vampire.

"Oh my God…" Elena exclaimed.

"I realized I was a witch," Bonnie said."There are a lot of people like me…I am in fact a witch, not a psychic. We have been helping the founding families and the council since they are targeted the most. But we didn't know about this place even though we found vampires who were willing to help us."

"How?" Damon asked.

"They said that they were forced to kidnap humans and sell them," Bonnie said. "Apparently they broke the rules, they bonded with the humans and let them go. They were thrown in jail."

"Of course," Damon muttered, remembering a time when he was like those vampires. "We couldn't have an emotional bond…"

"You were one of them?"

"I had to. My brother screwed up when he was in his ripper mode and I knew that Klaus would kill him if we don't do what he says…Stefan could easily expose us since he didn't cover his tracks. Klaus isn't stupid, he knows about the founding families."

"Why did he want to sell humans?"

"It all makes sense," Damon mumbled,"Klaus wanted vampire blood to be able to create food for vampires without having to use humans. He wants to dominate and extinct the human race-He doesn't want to have to rely on an inferior person to survive."

"So this is all about pride," Elena said.

"Yes," He sighed. "All about pride. Klaus doesn't want to have to rely on humans when he is stronger. That's why he's trying so hard to experiment with vampire blood and human blood in hope that he'll find a good solution. If he finds that we can survive without humans…then…" Damon looked at Elena, half consciously tightening his grip on her. "I won't let that happen."

"You're willing to fight with us?" Bonnie asked.

"Of course." He kissed his girlfriend's cheek.

"Before I was kidnapped, I sent a message," Bonnie said realizing that she had to trust Damon. "A telepathic message to the witches. They can have a general idea of where we are."

"It's complicated, Bonnie," Elena said,"We can't get out unless Klaus allows us to. Every human here is marked, and on a full moon Klaus sets someone free as part of an agreement with other vampires and the witches, since there is a loophole in everything. But it has to be Klaus who gives this permission-an agreement written with blood."

"Of course," Bonnie said, "I sensed a dead witch power the moment I came in here. I'm strong, Elena. Maybe I can try to lift the seal…"

"It still won't work," Elena said, "Unless there is the agreement written by Klaus that the human is free they'll die…Bertha tried finding a loophole…"

"Who's Bertha?" The witch's eyebrow raised slightly.

"She's a witch who helped us…"

"Look, Elena. I might be from the dead witch's bloodline, since I can feel a strong connection. I might be able to go and talk to her on the other side and she can tell me how to reverse the spell of the seal and set humans free without the use of the agreement. If she is the one who did the spell, for whatsoever reason, she has to know something."

"How can you talk to her if she's dead?"

"That's easy. I can contact her, however it is up to her if she wants to reply. I'll have to stop my heart for a few minutes…."

At that, Elena's eyes widened. "You can't do that!"

"It's nothing I haven't done before, Elena. I'll be okay…"

"No, Bonnie, I won't let you…we'll find another way! What if you don't wake up?"

"Elena," Bonnie said firmly, "Trust me."

Bonnie requested candles and even though Elena was scared, she obeyed and trusted that Bonnie knew what she was doing. The latter squeezed her hand as she laid on the bed, and chanted a spell.

"It is important-Don't touch me when I'm in trance. And If I'm not awake in five minutes, you have to bring me back,"She told Elena. "I'm using your voice as a guide. Keep talking to me softly so that I won't confuse both worlds-Your voice will help me recognize this world from their world. If I'm not awake in five minutes, it is important that you'll pound on my heart as if you're giving me CPR. Do you understand?"

"Y-yes…" But not really.

"I'll be ok, Elena." She said, and after a few more words in Latin, she closed her eyes.

Bonnie walked around in a very bright place, her connection to the witch getting stronger. Then, a single word came to her mind.

Greta.

The witch's name was Greta.

"Greta?" Bonnie called out, "It's Bonnie Bennett. Please help me."

Dead silence.

"The entire human race is in danger. Please. I don't have much time!"

Silence.

"I don't blame you if you were forced to work with Klaus but please."

"I was forced to, yes," A voice whispered, and then Bonnie turned to find a woman in her 30s, with long brown hair.

"He would've killed my daughter if I didn't." The other witch whispered.

"I understand that, but you have to help me now, please." Bonnie urged. "Everybody on our side is in danger, including the witches. You have to help me!"

"I can't. The seal cannot be opened unless there is the agreement. I'm sorry."

"There has to be a spell to reverse it…please."

"You'll have to kill Klaus," Greta said. "In order for them to be free." She then looked at Bonnie. "However, I can keep the seal open for two minutes, enough for some people to go out. I am powerful enough to keep them alive without the agreement, however I can't save everyone. It's limited to fifteen people."
"How can he be killed?" Bonnie asked, "There are so many people…"

"Klaus is powerful," Greta said, "He won't be killed by a wooden stake. He has to be killed by the power of magic and a guardian's power."

"You mean Elena."

"Yes."

"And once he's dead?"

"The humans trapped here will all be free."

Bonnie felt herself pushed out of the Other Side and she found Elena and Damon next to her.

"3 minutes exactly," Elena said. "Are you ok?"

"Yes." Bonnie said. "Greta can help set free fifteen people. She'll lift the seal tonight."

"But if there is no agreement from Klaus they'll die…" Elena realized.

"She said she can help with that. Magic. But only 15 people-the other's still need Klaus's 'permission'," She scoffed at the word.

"We'll send Ellie," Elena said, "We can all get out, and we can work with the founding families to find this place again. We can save the remaining people and help take down Klaus!"

"It is up to us witches and your powers to kill Klaus, Elena," Bonnie said, "Once we're out we can help the council. What I don't understand why you didn't do this earlier…I mean, you're not marked, so technically you don't need Klaus's 'agreement' to get out…"

"We thought it might be one of his tricks to kill us," Elena said solemnly.

Bonnie nodded in understanding. "That won't be the case tonight. We'll do this."

"You know, once a girl here told me that there were some vampires who let their humans go out," Elena said as she rested her head on Damon's shoulder. "I know that not every vampire is mean, Damon. If they were nice enough to inform Klaus to let their humans enjoy the sun for a few minutes, I think that they have an ounce of humanity in them. Just like you."

"I'm not human, Elena," Damon said quietly, but the tone of his voice made Elena look at him questioningly. He pushed her away from him, gently, but he still took her by surprise. "I wish I was but I'm not."

"What's wrong, Damon?" Elena asked him, concerned. "Why are you acting this way?"

"Because this is all my fault, Elena. I shouldn't have come in your life. I can't do this anymore…I'll have to set you free."

"You're talking to me as if you were keeping me against my will!" Elena said, running after him and holding his face. "I chose this too, Damon. I chose to be with you. Why do you doubt yourself? Why do you doubt us?"

"Because this is wrong," Damon said, reaching out to touch her face. "A girl like you shouldn't live with a dead man. She shouldn't have to live in the shadows or with bloodbags alongside a carton of milk."

Elena giggled at that. "You can't scare me off, Damon. I chose to be with you. We can live normally, like any other couple. You don't have to change for me, not more than you already did. And what is this living in the shadows crap, Damon?"

"You don't realize that I can put you in danger. We'd have to move every couple of years, because I won't age. Vampires who want revenge against me can use you to hurt me, and most of all, Elena, I cannot give you a family."

"I don't care about that!" She raised her voice a little now. "I'd sacrifice everything for you Damon. And who knows, perhaps I'll turn one of these days."

"Don't go saying things like that Elena!" Damon yelled in frustration. "You can't possibly want that. You can't kill yourself for me."

"I want you! Only you, nothing else and nobody else."

"Maybe you don't right now, but you will when you grow older and you want children."

"I want you," Elena repeated sternly. "You can't do this to me, Damon. I love you. I chose to be with you because I love you. I've fallen in love with you and you can't leave me."

He closed his eyes, welcoming her embrace, and all of his doubts suddenly started to fade. He loved her, and she loved him too-She chose to be with him. He wasn't doing anything wrong.

"Do you want to know something that I never told you before, Elena?" He asked her softly.

Elena nodded.

"When your parents died…" He gulped soundly, knowing that this was going to open her wounds. "I…It was me who saved you from the car crash."

At that moment, all that Elena could do was stare at him. She turned pale and for a moment Damon regretted saying the words as she raised a hand to her mouth, covering it.

"Oh my God…"

"I saved you because I couldn't let you die. You've been making me feel human things ever since I saw you, Elena. You're my light and my hope. I love you so much, which is why I can't see you get hurt."

She sobbed in his embrace and he rested his chin on her head.

"I'll get you out of here, Elena. I promise."

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