Dance Me To The End Of Love

There was a certain buzz in the air in the halls of Mystic Falls high, students talked amongst themselves about their outfits and dates for the dance that night.

Almost 90% of them always got to enjoy the decade dance that unlucky 10% was saved for Elena,Bonnie and Caroline, there luck hadn't always been the best when it came to decade dances for Elena it was being stalked at the 50's dance, during the 60's dance they all became aware of the Klaus and ended with Bonnie had to fake her death, something that they didn't plan on repeating this year.

Hopefully this years dance would go smoothly with no supernatural interference at all.

Caroline was holding a clipboard following the very specific instructions that Rebekah had left her with and she thought she was a dictator when it came to her organisation skills.

She had to admit that Rebekah was right the gym looked amazing, it was hard to believe that a few hours ago it was just a ordinary school gym.

She smiled as she watched Matt and Jeremy laugh about something while they hung lights, she had heard all about the road trip to Denver, how Kol had ruined any chance of them finding out who created their bloodline by killing Mary the vampire that not only had a bit of of an Original obsession, she tried to ignore this when Elena told her especially when she mentioned that there had been a Klaus period for Mary.

But it turned out that Mary turned Rose but with her dead, they had reached a dead end with know where to turn.

Elena also confided in her about the intense kiss that she shared with Damon and at first Caroline was already to point out what a bad decision that was but then she remember who was she to judge Elena kissing Damon when she had not only kissed Klaus but slept with him and lied to her friends just so that she could be with him.

'Where do you want this?'.

She turned and looked at Elena as she walked over holding a chandelier.

'Give that to Matt he can hang it, so have you heard from Alaric?'.

Elena shook her head as she put the chandelier down and started to play with a feather boa.

'No, he isn't returning my calls or Jeremy's'.

'He's most probably trying to figure things out I'm sure he's fine'.

Elena sighed.

'I know your right but I just wish there was something that I could do but I know that I can't, so have you heard from Tyler at all?'.

Caroline shrugged as she put down the clipboard.

'No, not since Stefan shouted at him, he's been avoiding me, I've tried talking to him to let him know about what's been going on but he turns in the other direction when he dee's me coming'.

'Caroline I know your worried about Tyler but Bonnie is looking for away to get him out of this if we find out Klaus isn't the one who created your bloodline'.

'I know we haven't been ourselves but I don't want him to die, Elena after everything he's been through and that we've been through together for him to die before'.

She couldn't think about Tyler dying it would just mean that Klaus would be dead and all thoughts surrounding him dying just upset her.

Elena could see the tears in her eyes and touched her hand and Caroline sighed as Elena spoke.

'I know, it will be okay nothing is going to happen to Tyler and while we are on the subject of Klaus he hasn't called you or turned up?'.

'No'.

Elena looked at her unsure.

'Are you sure?'.

'Elena, I haven't seen Klaus and I've not heard from him since he compelled me do exactly what he tells me to do and he hasn't come to collect on that'.

'Okay, why would he compel you and then leave you alone'.

'He was doing it to get a point across to Tyler, that regardless of whatever he may feel towards me he has no problem going after me if he feels threatened'.

'Maybe, so what's the plan for tonight we are still going as girl dates?'.

Caroline laughed as Elena played with a boa.

'No there has been a change of plans with that Bonnie asked Jamie to the dance which made me think that maybe you should ask Stefan to be your date'.

'Your kidding I can't ask Stefan especially after what happened in Denver, I haven't even told him about the kiss and you want me ask him on a date'.

'Yes, he told you to go to Denver with Damon to figure out your feelings but what about your feeling so for Stefan, I mean you two where in love those feelings don't die'.

'I know they don't but like I said before it's complicated and it's not like your bias or anything'.

Caroline smiled.

'Well Stefan is my favourite Salvatore and fair is fair I've seen the bachelor and it's Stefan's turn now'.

Klaus was at his house painting, the night before Rebekah had returned with the white oak stake and he destroyed it without hesitation.

He wasn't alone in the house he had asked Ana to stay.

'Morning'.

Klaus looked up from his latest painting and looked at Ana as she stood in the doorway of his study.

'Ana, have you made the arrangements'.

She nodded as she sat down on the arm of the sofa.

'Yes, everything is taken care of just as you requested, I call a call from a friend after your brother died there where around 60 unexplained deaths across the country'.

He put the paintbrush down and turned to look at her.

'Your sister will be fine I made sure of that'.

'I know you have but I still don't trust your girls friends, they won't stop at anything until your dead and I don't plan on losing anyone, so if they make a move against you, I will make a powerful move right back'.

'You know they have a witch of there own, a Bennett'.

'I know and I also know that I'm not to harm another sister but I've never done what I've been told'.

He smiled and nodded.

'Well you where warned to stay away from me and you didn't listen, it's good to have you on my side'.

'I'll always be on your side, have you talked to your sister about your plans?'.

'What plans would those be?'.

Rebekah asked as she walked into the room, her eyes on Ana for a moment.

Ana sensed the difference surrounding Rebekah as she walked past her and looked at Klaus.

'We're leaving'.

'When?'.

'Tonight'.

He replied looking at her.

'Tonight's the decade dance'.

'What do I care about a high school dance?'.

'You may not care about the dance but you care about Caroline, she'll be there and I know how much she wants you to come, does she even know that your planning to leave her?'.

It was true, Caroline had no idea that he was planning to pack up his life and leave Mystic Falls behind.

'Do you even plan on saying goodbye to her after everything you've been through'.

'I have every intention of saying goodbye to Caroline'.

'Please Nik, I have big plans for this dance'.

'You seem to have forgotten that nobody knows about us, anyone would think you want us to get caught'.

'Don't be silly, I'm just thinking of Caroline, do this for'.

He sighed.

'Fine, one last dance'.

'One last dance Nik'.

She turned on her heels walking out the door, Ana couldn't shake the feeling of something dark at play but she didn't let Klaus pick up on this as she looked at him.

'You haven't told Caroline your planning to leave have you?'.

'No, she has no idea that I plan on leaving town'.

'With best friend in tow, you know she won't forgive you for hurting her friend'.

'I have no choice just because I have destroyed the last white oak stake doesn't mean I'm going to underestimate those who want me dead and my hybrids will keep me protected'.

'I will keep you protected, you know I will and I know you have enough hybrids you don't need more, do you know Caroline understand or do you hope that she understands?'.

Caroline was leaving the school when she saw Tyler walking over to his car.

'Tyler'.

He turned his head as she said his name and walked towards him but he turned back to his car and started to open the door when he slammed shut and she was looking at him.

'What's the plan Tyler, to avoid until we graduate, every-time I try and talk to you, you make an excuse or run of before I even get the chance'.

'I don't know what to say to you'.

'Well I have something to tell you and you need to know because it's way more important than Klaus compelling me or what's going on between us right now, what I have to tell you may affect you the most'.

She wasn't trying to worry him but at this point he needed to worry and she needed to worry for not only him but for Klaus.

'What's going on?'.

He asked her and she sighed turning to sit on the bench just behind them and he followed sitting down beside her.

'You know that Matt killed an original'.

'Yeah, I know'.

'Well it turns out that if you kill an original, every vampire that was turned by that original or by a vampire turned by that original will die and when the others found out.

Elena and Damon went to find out which Original sired our bloodline but they didn't get close to finding out because Kol killed the only person that could tell us but that doesn't mean Damon has stopped he's still trying to figure it out but he's hoping that it's not Klaus because if he turns out it's not there going to kill him'.

'Klaus sired me'.

'I know and I swear Bonnie is looking for some supernatural loop hole but Damon doesn't care but I care Tyler , I still care about you and what happens to you that will never change but you need to now that if Bonnie doesn't find something magical rescue from this and it turns out Klaus didn't create us'.

He touched her hand to stop her talking and nodded.

'I know'.

Elena knocked on the door of Alaric's apartment while holding a bag of food in the other for him.

She heard footsteps from the other side of the door and then it opened and Alaric looked at her, he looked like he hadn't slept in a while from the dark circles around his eyes.

'Elena, what are you doing here?'.

'I brought you some food and I came to check up on you'.

She said as she handed him the bag of food which he looked in and then smiled at her.

'Thanks, I'm okay just packing, I think it's best that I get out of town for a while, ever since Klaus forced visit to the dark side I've been blacking out and I don't want to be a risk to you or anyone else'.

'Aren't Bonnie's herbs helping?'.

'They are but I don't trust myself to stay in town'.

She nodded understanding.

'I get that but maybe you going of on your own isn't the best idea at least if you stay here'.

'I can't stay here Elena, it will only be for a few days, look I've got to get back thanks for the food'.

She went to say something else but he had already shut the door.

Back inside he dropped the bag of food on the floor and then turned to face his guest who was looking out of the window watching Elena as she walked away.

'Do you think she believed you?'.

Alaric nodded as he looked down at Esther as she turned to face him.

'Yes, she believed me what about Klaus?'.

He asked as he emptied the last of Bonnie's herb's into the bin, Esther smiled at him as she picked up the real white oak stake.

'My son believes that he burned the last remaining white oak stake last night, he has no reason to fear anyone plus he there is another reason for him to attend'.

Her comment caught Alaric's attention and he turned to look at her.

'What reason would that be?'.

'There is someone attending the dance tonight that my son can't stay away from, they'll be your key'.

Bonnie was heading back to Caroline's to get ready for the dance, Jamie had called her telling her that he would meet her at the school.

As she was walking a girl walked past her, she looked at Bonnie and smile before continuing to walk down the street.

Bonnie turned to look at the girl as she turned a corner and disappeared.

She didn't know what it was about the girl but Bonnie felt like they had met before, there was something very familiar about her.

'So your meeting Stefan at the dance?'.

Caroline asked Elena as they got ready for the dance in her room.

'Yeah, besides we always used to get ready for dances together remember'.

'Yeah I remember'.

Elena watches as Caroline started to style her hair and smiled.

'You know for someone who wasn't that keen on the 20's you seem to be making a real effort, not trying to impress anyone are we'.

'No I'm just dressing the part'.

She said with a smile but truth be told, she may not have been on board with the change to the dance at the start, she was actually in awe of the idea that Rebekah had put together.

But she was more in love with her representation of the 20's and how much Klaus had enjoyed the decade.

'Hey'.

They both looked at Bonnie as she walked into the room.

'Finally, what took you so long?'.

Caroline asked still looking at her reflection as Bonnie sat on her bed.

'Nothing I was on my way her and I ran into this girl and I felt that witchy vibe'.

They both turned to look at her.

'Witch vibe as the same vibe you caught when your cousin Lucy was here'.

Elena asked and Bonnie nodded.

'That exact one'

They both started to thinking and Caroline shook her head at both of them.

'No we are not doing this okay, we are supposed to be normal teenage girls getting ready for a dance not worrying about some girl who is likely to be a witch but that's not our problem, our problem is that we never get to enjoy these dances something always happens and I would actually like to enjoy this dance we are seniors now, if we don't enjoy the last year of high school, we will have failed and I don't want that, so can skip the witch drama and deal with tomorrow'.

They both nodded in agreement.

'Your right, I mean when was the last time we actually got ready together?'.

Bonnie said.

'I think it was sophomore year, the spring formal, that was so long ago'.

Caroline nodded and then turned her head as her phone started to ring, she glanced it and picked it up before Elena or Bonnie noticed who was calling her.

'Hello'.

She said as she walked out of her room and into the hallway shutting the door behind her.

'There's my girl'.

She heard him whisper and almost jumped when she found him standing in the doorway of the spare room.

She quickly walked towards him and pushed him into the room closing the door behind her.

'What are you doing, are you crazy Bonnie and Elena are in my room, you can't just show up like this especially when'.

He looked at her listening to what she was saying but leaning in ever so close to her, so close that his lips where almost touching hers and she parted her lips slightly feeling the warmth of his breath against her own and her head started to spin.

'You were saying?'.

He asked his eyes watching her reaction as he placed his hand on her hip, moving it slowly up to her waist and then he smiled.

'What are you doing here?',

She asked him her voice a breathless whisper.

'Rebekah mentioned the dance tonight'.

'Really?'.

He nodded while still caressing her waist.

'Yes she did, she practically begged me to come'.

'So are you here to tell me that your not coming?'.

He nodded and she sighed.

'Well I should have figured that out'.

Her smile faltered, he watched it happen even though she tried to keep a smile on her face it was different sad and she felt her heart sink in her chest, she shouldn't have had hope that he would come.

'I know you hoped'.

'Yeah I did but then having hope in Mystic Falls is never a good thing, I don't know why I thought that this would be different I know nothing about the 20's okay but Rebekah said how much you loved the 20's and I just wanted you to be happy which is the only reason I didn't walk out of the gym when I found out what your crazy sister did but that doesn't matter any more your not coming'.

He didn't realise that she had only gone along with Rebekah's idea for him.

'You don't like 20's?'.

'I know nothing about the 20's but it doesn't matter, another decade dance failure and the dance hasn't even started yet, I don't know why I thought this one would be any different, it's not a mystic falls dance if something doesn't go wrong'.

He couldn't help but chuckle at her rant and she glared at him.

'Seriously your now laughing at me'.

'I'm sorry, it's just your beautiful when you rant'.

He knew that would make her smile which it did even though she still glared at him, which made him smile.

'You know your charm, your smile and that in your eyes only going to get you so far'.

'I know but it's working'.

He took both of her hands and she finally looked at him a pout on her lips, she was still annoyed that he wasn't coming to the dance.

'I'll try and make it but you know if I come you have act like you hate me'.

'I can do that if you make it'.

'Well if I do happen to make it, make sure to save me a dance'.

She nodded at his request.

'Okay, you need to get out of here and let me get ready'.

He smiled as he touched her cheek.

'Not before I do this'.

He kisses the corner of her of hips causing her to smile, her arms come around his neck, stroking the hair at the nape of his neck as he moves his lips to hers.

One hand tangles into her loosening the curls she had been working on for the last hour while the other remains at her waist.

She sighs as he kisses her collarbone and neck and then his lips go rigid against her skin as he hears her bedroom door open.

'Caroline are you in here?'.

She hears Elena's voice on the other side of the door and he's gone disappearing out of the open window he must have come in through and she opens the door and looks at Elena who stares at her dishevelled appearance.

'What happened to your hair?'

Alaric followed Esther as they walked through the grounds of what used to be the old Mystic Falls cemetery, it hadn't been used since the early 1900's and it was the lasting resting spot of many of members of the founding families.

'Do you know that this ground was marked by death?'.

Esther said casually as Alaric walked behind her looking at the names on the old headstones.

'No I didn't know that'.

'Well when Niklaus tore my heart from my chest, the violence that surrounded my death would forever mark the ground for all time'.

She pushes open the door to the old Salvatore tomb and go to stand in front of an alter where a bowl sits in the middle.

'I'm going to be needing your ring now, hunter'.

Alaric scoffed at her.

'Give you the one thing that protects me from death'.

'I will provide you with all the protection you need, but as you know the stake will burn up in the body of it's first victim and if I need you to kill all of my children, I will need your ring and I will bind it's protective magic to the stake, making it indestructible and therefore will create the ultimate weapon for the ultimate hunter'.

He looks at her for a moment and then removes the ring and hands it to her.

'Your doing the right thing'.

Caroline watches as Elena dances with Stefan and Bonnie dances with Jamie, she feels a pang of jealousy that her friends where out on the floor dancing while she stood on the sideline watching.

She had been watching the door waiting for him to walk in but after an hour of watching people that weren't him she started to give up on the fact that he would turn up at all.

'Your not having fun?'.

She looks at Tyler as he comes towards her and shrugs.

'I am'.

'Your watching your best friends dance your not having a good time'.

'Well I wanted a 70's dance, I got a 20's dance and Rebekah isn't even here which means I am the one is coming to if there is a problem'.

Tyler laughed.

'Sorry, so I think we need to talk about us, what we are or are not?'.

'We don't have to do this here'.

'I know but I want to be your friend Caroline even if I can't be with you any more'.

'Tyler, we never had the official break up talk'.

'I know but I know that me and you are over and it's my fault I kept pushing'.

She refused to let him harbour all the blame for their break up, even though she couldn't be complexly honest with him she could at least accept her part in their break up.

'Tyler it wasn't just about you pushing, while you where away things changed my feelings for you they changed, I used to pray that you'd call me and you never did and then when you did call it wasn't the same and then you came back and you had so much hope for us and I couldn't say no but I did the wrong thing I should have been honest with you and as far as I'm concerned our friendship will always be important too me, you will always be important to me'.

'So was this what the 20's where really like?'.

Elena asked Stefan as they danced together.

'More or less, expect you know it was prohibition so everything was done in secret'.

Elena looked at him.

'I'm sorry I forgot you don't like talking about this time'.

'You've already read about it, Elena'.

She nods and then smiles before taking a deep breath.

'Stefan we need to talk about Denver?'.

She whispered as they danced together and he looked at her and shook his head.

'Elena not tonight, I don't need to know what happened and honestly I don't want to know but if we find our away back to each other and you want to tell me you can but I don't want to know'.

'Okay, how are you so understanding?'.

'Elena look at what I put you through over the summer and when I came back, I'm just honoured to be the one dancing with you tonight'.

Caroline is talking with Tyler when she notices that Tyler's eyes have gone hard.

'What's wrong?'.

He doesn't reply so she turns around and has to remember to compose herself but she can't help but smile when she sees him standing there a devil dressed like an angel.

'Sorry interrupt but you don't mind if I dance with your date?'.

He asks looking at Tyler who takes a step forward.

'Actually I do mind'.

He snaps and Caroline looks at him.

'Tyler don't'.

'Yes Tyler don't, listen to her unless you want me to ask her and you know she won't be able to say no'.

Klaus replies with a smirk and Caroline glares at him before looking back at Tyler.

'I'll be fine'.

She touches his arm and then looks back at Klaus and places her hand in his as he leads her out onto the dance floor.

'Why do you always have to prove that your the alpha male?'.

She snapped at him and he laughed.

'I don't have to prove anything love I am the alpha male'.

She rolled her eyes as he spun her around and smiled.

'Well I'm a very modern girl and maybe I don't like when you act the part of the Alpha male'.

'You haven't complained so far but if you want me to stop tell me too'.

He said with a seductive smirk.

'Remember to look angry, love don't want to ruin the game'.

She stared at him a look of hostility in her eyes but the small smile on her lips was anything but hostile.

'I can't believe you made it to the dance'.

'Well I had Ana cast a little spell to make sure it was safe for us to talk you know we are surrounded by very sensitive ears'.

'Should I be jealous that your only friend happens to be a very beautiful witch who I'm guessing ran into Bonnie earlier'.

'No, Ana is a very good friend and one of a few people I actually trust and as far as her and Bonnie are concerned they where bound to run into each other eventually'.

'Right, so what where the 20's really like?'.

She asked him as he looked at her from the corner of his eye.

'You would have loved it the style, the music and the women they where reckless, fun, sexy'.

'They where sexy?'.

She replied the smile fading from her face and he smiled.

'Not as sexy as you, they used to dance till they dropped'.

'When you say dropped do mean they danced till they dropped or did someone have a little to much to drink and then they dropped'.

'Maybe a little of both'.

He said with a sly chuckle and she laughed lightly thankful that Tyler couldn't see the lust in her eyes for the man she danced with.

'Would you have liked me in 20's'.

'I would have liked you in any decade'.

They both got caught up in the moment as her gaze became more wanting and his hand on her waist pulled her in more.

But he had come here to tell her that he was leaving and he needed to do that.

'I'm leaving tomorrow'.

She looked at him and stopped dancing.

'Why?'.

This had caught her off guard, she wasn't expecting it.

'We both know that your friends will never stop with their attempts at trying to kill me, so tomorrow I'm leaving town for good'.

'What about us, are you telling me that this means nothing to you?'.

'Caroline it does mean something to me, it does but I can't stay just for us, I want you to come with me I do'.

'But you know I can't do that, I have a life here, friends and family'.

'Yes you keep saying that but they won't be your friends or your family when they find out the truth about how you've been deceiving them to have a secret romance with me and no matter how hard you wish that wasn't the truth it always will be once your friends find out about us, they will desert you and you'll have nobody to turn to no family and no friends, Caroline your bigger than Mystic Falls and I want to show you that'.

'I'm not leaving with you, I can't this is still my life, I'm not ready to say goodbye to my home yet'.

He nodded at her and turned to leave but he turned back to look at her.

'Mark my words, this will be the biggest mistake of your life, this small town life you love so much will never be enough for you'.

She could have gone after him but she didn't she watched him storm out of the dance and he didn't even turn back to look at her.

He may not have heard the words that had been exchanged but Tyler couldn't deny the look of longing and lose that was in Caroline's eyes when she turned around.

Ana saw him stalking out of the gym and in her direction.

'Let's go'.

He snapped and she didn't say anything as she followed him out of the school only for him to stop in his tracks and look down at the floor at the line of salt that was in front of him and went of in both directions.

'What is this?'.

He asks turning to look at Ana.

'It wasn't me why would I want to trap you'.

'It wasn't her, your mother's back'.

They both looked at Stefan as he appeared behind them.

Elena couldn't that Esther was willing to create another vampire just to destroy her own family considering she had called them abominations.

Even though Esther said she knew Alaric, she didn't she only knew the darkness that he became every time he died, she didn't know the real Alaric, the Alaric that would never hurt Damon even if he did deserve it most of the time, he had been like a father to her and Jeremy since they lost Jenna.

Esther knew nothing about him but yet she had destroyed him created this evil, cold version of the man that he used to be.

'You don't want this Ric?'.

She pleaded with him and he looked at her as if she was a stranger.

'You don't know what I want, you just the weak version of me, the man who befriends and protects vampires when I should be killing them all they've done is ruin my life'.

Elena shook her head at him and stepped closer to him only for him to take a step back.

'You don't mean that,they care about you just like me and Jeremy do please don't do this, Jenna wouldn't want this'.

At the mention of Jenna's name he seemed to soften but that was only for a brief moment as the darkness returned to his eyes.

'Jenna died and when she died I died and when I kill Klaus I will get my revenge'.

'Jenna wouldn't care about revenge, she would want you to live your life'.

'What is taking so long, every boundary spell has a loophole'.

Klaus demanded as he stands in a class room with Stefan and Ana.

Ana looks at Klaus as he stands impatiently by the door as he watches Bonnie who is chanting.

'Stop being impatient, she'll get it done'.

He looks at Ana and then back at Bonnie as Matt walks into the room with Jeremy beside him.

They both look at Ana for a moment and then at Stefan.

'Everyone is walking out of the dance, if they can leave so can we, maybe we can distract Esther long enough for you guys to get there'.

Stefan shakes his head at the suggestion.

'That's suicide'.

Klaus rushes to Jamie and grasps his neck causing him to gasp for breath.

'No suicide would be disappointing me, now work harder Bonnie before I start killing the people you care about starting with this one'.

'Let him go'.

Bonnie shouts but Klaus tightens his grip that is until he grimaces in pain and they all look towards Ana who has her eyes closed.

She opens her eyes and looks at Klaus as he glares at her.

'I thought you were on my side'.

'You know I am but you know she won't help you if your start killing her friends, what she needs is quite and none of you are giving her that, so all of you leave'.

They all look at her hesitating.

'Are you all seriously standing here, get out'.

Once they have all left the room Bonnie looks at Ana.

'Thank you'.

Ana nods as she comes to stand by her side.

'Your welcome, I'm sorry about Klaus, he's impulsive when things don't go his way'.

'Why are you helping him, you know what he's done'.

Ana nods as she sits on the desk.

'You and your friends only know the monster the bad side of Klaus, I've read the book and I know the good and the bad of him.

I know what's he has done since he's come here but who are we to judge I help him and you help the Salvatore's and they aren't saint either but you help them anyway, we as witches are supposed to be on the side of good but yet we are willing to help those deemed as evil.

I know what Klaus has done threatened,killed and tortured but he's my friend he was the one person I could turn too which is why I help him and I know your friends want him dead and if you kill Klaus I lose someone who is very important to me and I refuse to let that happen just like I know you refuse to let anything happen to the Salvatore brother's even though they turned you mother or to Caroline and Tyler you care about them'.

'Who do you lose if Klaus dies?'.

Ana smiled at Bonnie/

'That's a story for another time now how about we get them out of here before I have to use a little stronger magic to calm him down'.

Bonnie nodded and sighed not before looking back at Ana.

'When did you come into your powers'.

'I was 10, where I'm from witches come into their powers early and the earlier they come into them the more powerful they are'.

'It's time'.

Elena glared at Esther as she turned to her.

'I'm not going to help you turn him into a monster I refuse too, give you my blood so your going to have to kill me, I'd rather die than help you'.

'Well that won't be necessary, Elena'.

At her words Elena winches in pain as her hand starts to bleed on it's own and Esther grabs her hand and holds it over the bowl as her blood pours into the bowl.

She finally let's go of Elena's hand who pulls away and holds her hand shut trying to stop the bleeding.

'Drink this and it will be done'.

Alaric nods at her as he picks up the bowl and Elena looks at him shaking her head.

'You don't have to do this Ric, don't do it'.

He looks at her as he raises the bowl to his lips and all she can do is watch as he places the bowl down and looks at Esther.

'Is it done?'

'Almost'.

Esther plunges the indestructible stake into Alaric's stomach and he collapses on the floor.

'No'.

Elena rans to his side and holds him while looking at Esther.

Ana and Bonnie are still in the classroom working on the boundary spell having Ana with helping her is helping but Esther is still fighting against both of them.

Bonnie has a map on the desk and is looking at it when Damon enters the room with Klaus.

Damon looks at Ana as she turns her head to look at them both

'Here Jeremy made a donation for your locator spell'.

'Thanks'.

She takes the tube from and turns her back on him, he turns his gaze to Ana who is looking at him.

'Stop distracting her'.

Klaus snaps and Damon looks away.

Bonnie pours the blood onto the map, she stares as she starts to chant the spell but nothing happens the blood remains still not moving to the location.

'Why isn't anything happening?'.

Damon asks and Bonnie looks at the map again and chants but still nothing happens.

'Your mother is fighting us, she's been dead for over a 1000 years where could she possibly be getting enough strength to fight us both, unless she channelling something or someone'.

Bonnie looks at Ana.

'A supernatural hotspot, there are so many in Mystic Falls'.

Klaus chuckles and they both look at him.

'I know where she is, you better get Matt and Jeremy ready'.

Tyler leans against the wall when Stefan approaches them.

'What's going on?'.

Tyler asks him as he comes to stand beside him.

'There at the old cemetery Matt and Jeremy are heading there now'.

'What are they planning to do, she could kill them'.

'I'm hoping we get out of here before that even happens, where's Caroline ?'.

'I think she's in the gym trying to keep herself busy, she's worried about Elena'.

Stefan nods and sighs.

'So am I, I know she always finds her way out of the trouble but Esther lured her away for a reason, the same reason she got Klaus here and we have no idea she is up to but if she succeeds in her plan'.

'Klaus will be killed and I'll die, you know it's true'.

'Nobody is dying not tonight not ever'.

Tyler nods.

'Stefan is it possible that something has happened between Klaus and Caroline since I've been away'.

'Something like what?'.

'I don't know but he was dancing with her and they where talking but I couldn't hear a word of their conversation which makes sense because his witch was here but what could he have possibly said to her because when he left and she turned around she looked devastated, I know that I lost her but I think either he's compelled her or something has been happening between them this whole time'.

It had been to much to hope for a decade dance free of any danger, they had gone from being trapped in the school to all standing silently outside.

The Salvatore Tomb, they had all gathered there to show Alaric that he was loved.

Elena had filled them in on what Esther was planning to do before Alaric killed her but he was already in transition and refused to turn knowing that if he did he would be a threat to everyone.

She knew that Alaric had killed her father and hated Esther for manipulating his mind and turning him into something that was evil just so she could rid the world of the thing that she created.

She cried for Alaric but she cried for her dad and then she cried for Klaus because his mother never loved him the way he wanted her too.

Tyler had tried talking to her when he took her home but she wasn't listening to a word he was saying.

She didn't even look at him as she walked out of his car and into her own house.

She lay in the darkness of room for what felt like hours, her mind was racing but the one thing that caused her the most pain was the fact that he was leaving the next day and she had no idea what was going to happen.

Before I say anything the final Klaroline scene in 4x13 was beautiful even if it was heartbreaking.

Joseph and Candice deserve awards for their work and now back to the story.

Sorry for the delay in this chapter I had to get a new laptop as my last one broke and I never got a chance to back up my work (I will never make that mistake again) so I lost this chapter and had to redo it.

The next chapter will follow the same storyline set in before the sunset 3x21 but will have a few different scenes.

Also I am working on a new story that is based around the originals and there love lives.