A/N: I'm so sorry for not updating in so long! I've just been distracted by a plethora of things: reading other fanfics, watching Pretty Little Liars, thinking of plots for new fanfics, helping my friends through hard times, and the list goes on.

Which leads me to this: every time I've tried to write this chapter, I just wasn't in the mood. I have a fair bit planned out for Celina leading up to the Mikaelson ball in season 3, but after that… nothing.

I guess you could say I'm feeling a little uninspired.

So unless I get any great ideas for what happens with Celina after the Mikaelson ball, I'll be completing the story there. Otherwise, it'll just follow the show's canon plot, minus Elijah's other romantic interests and some events, and I think that would just be boring.

But anyway, enough with this super long author's note, and on with the story!

Elena and I headed over to the boarding house the next morning, which was now apparently the official meeting place of our anti-Klaus club. Elijah was already there with Stefan, and I assumed that Damon was sulking somewhere.

My darling twin had informed me while I was eating leftover pasta last night - my new awareness of how much food I consume was ironically eating at me - that Elijah had wanted an apology from the Salvatores, and only Stefan had given one.

Gods, could Damon get any more childish?

And why was there a fire raging in the fireplace? It was the middle of spring! As much as I wanted to be a vampire, I swore they were all insane to some degree.

"Tonight is a full moon." Elijah pointed out to us once we were all comfortably seated. "We should assume Klaus is prepared to break the curse."

Stefan leaned forward with his hands clasped. "Elena said that the sun and moon curse is fake. That it's actually just a curse placed on Klaus."

That sounded an awful lot like he hardly believed her. "Don't doubt my sister, Stefan, you're starting to sound like Damon." I received an elbow jabbing my arm from Elena, so I shot her a 'What the hell, I was defending you!' look.

She was lucky I was even defending her at all, seeing as I was still pissed off at her for hiding the fact that Bonnie didn't actually die. Yeah, I was still a little hung up on that.

"Klaus is a vampire born of a werewolf bloodline." Elijah explained to Mr Broody after shooting me an amused glance. "The curse has kept his werewolf aspect from manifesting. But if he breaks it, he'll be a true hybrid."

Elena nodded while Stefan looked to her glumly, when Damon entered the room. Or, more specifically, sauntered in like he owned the world.

"Then why are we letting him break the curse?" He demanded. "We can kill him today. With Bonnie."

"No. Bonnie can't use that much power without dying." Elena pointed out, her tone laced with anger.

He shook his head, as if brushing that fact away. "I'll write a great eulogy."

That did it for me. I was sick to death of Damon's attitude lately.

"If you didn't already know, I had no idea Bonnie was even alive until mid-yesterday. And I gotta say, I was pretty fucked up because of it. If she were to really die, I don't know how I'd react, especially to the person who couldn't care less about her death. Watch your back, Damon."

And what does he do? Roll his bloody eyes at me. I was seconds away from leaping off the couch, grabbing a piece of burning wood from the fireplace and striking him with it, but Elena seemed to know what I wanted. She placed her hand on my arm with a firm grip, silently warning me not to do anything stupid.

I settled for glaring at Damon with burning hatred instead, and he had the decency to flinch.

"It's not an option, Damon." Elena reprimanded him, removing her hand from my arm when she was sure I wasn't going to jump him.

I imagined all the ways I could kill him in my mind, staring at him as I did so, while the others discussed how Klaus was supposed to break the curse. As if reading my mind, Damon kept shooting me wary glances every now and again. But I got distracted by something Elijah said.

"Klaus must drink the blood of the doppelganger… to the point of her death." He had picked up a medium-sized wooden box and placed it on the table in front of him.

Elena and I shared a look while Stefan grabbed her hand.

"And that's where you come in." She told Elijah.

He pulled a strange, vase-looking glass vial with a cork stopper out of the box, rolling it between his hands. "This is an elixir that I acquired some 500 years ago for Katerina. It possesses mystical properties of resuscitation."

"So one of us will be dead…?" Elena began, gesturing between me and herself.

Elijah smiled lightly. "And then you won't."

"That's your plan?" Damon scoffed, throwing his hands out with disbelief. "A magical witch potion with no expiration date?" He turned to Elena, completely ignoring me. "You wanna come back to life, what about John's ring?"

"Those rings only work on humans." Elijah and I pointed out at the same time, me grinning at him as he continued. "A doppelganger is a supernatural occurrence. Odds are the rings won't work."

"I'll take those odds over your elixir." He sneered, turning back to look at my sister once again. "What if it doesn't work, Elena?"

She shrugged. "Then I guess I'll just be dead."

"Either of us will be dead." I pointed out. "There's no guarantee you'll be the doppelganger sacrificed. There are two of us."

Damon looked at us all, dumbfounded. "Wha—" He looked to Stefan, who just shrugged, and with a solemn face he stormed out of the room.

After a few moments of silence they began discussing whether or not Klaus had everything he needed for the ritual. Elijah explained that if he didn't already, he would by tonight. Yay.

Stefan left to go find Damon and hopefully talk some sense into him, so in the meantime I approached the table Elijah stood next to so I could examine the magic elixir more closely. Elena was right behind me.

"You'd think he'd understand why I'm - we're - willing to do this." She stated, very obviously exasperated.

"Why are you?" Elijah asked, curious. "I already know Celina's reasons, so what are yours?"

"One of us is the key to breaking the curse." She replied, her tone matter-of-fact. "Klaus is here because of us. If I don't stop him, then he's gonna hurt people. And I don't want one of those people to be Celina. It's that simple."

I was grateful to know that she cared, but she was so blind too.

"Elena," I began, my tone probably harder than it should've been. "By killing you, he'll be hurting all of us anyway."

She stared at me confused. "And they won't be hurt by him killing you instead?"

"Not as much." I swiftly flicked my gaze to Elijah. "Is the elixir completely reliable?"

His brows drew together. "There is a possibly it won't work. I don't want to mislead either of you."

"We know the chance we're taking." Elena whispered.

The front door suddenly slammed, followed by Jenna yelling "Get out!"

"Jenna. Jenna." Came Alaric's pleading voice, the three of us rushing to see what was going on with the other two. Was Klaus trying to pretend to be Alaric again, or had he stopped possessing his body?

"Get out!" Aunt Jenna shouted again, and we found her breathing heavily with a crossbow in her hands.

Alaric was walking slowly forwards with his arms raised in surrender. "Jenna, put the crossbow down, okay? It's me!"

"Stay away." She warned, Stefan also coming in to see what the commotion was.

Elena reached our aunt first. "What's going on?" Damon was here now, too.

"It's me, Elena." Alaric replied, the pleading tone still in his voice. "I swear, okay. He let me go. Klaus let me go."

Damon watched him with narrowed eyes. "Prove it."

"Okay," he nodded, trying to think of something. He turned to Jenna. "Uh, the first night you and I spent together, Jeremy walked in—"

"Okay, it's him." Jenna interrupted, lowering the crossbow. We all raised our eyebrows, wondering what the rest of Alaric's sentence was. Maybe it was better not to know.

"Why did he let you go?" Stefan asked, only half curious.

"He wanted me to deliver a message." Ric paused for a dramatic effect. "Sacrifice happens tonight."

I turned and looked up at Elijah next to me, who shot me a reassuring smile before gazing at Alaric firmly.

We moved to the den, Elena and Jenna on the couch across from Ric, while I sat alone on a high-backed armchair. Elijah leaned against the chair with his arm resting atop it, while Stefan paced around.

"So you don't remember anything that happened?" The younger Salvatore asked, crossing his arms across his chest.

"No. It's like I blacked out, and woke up three days later." Alaric shook his head, then took a deep breath. "Katherine was there."

Stefan stopped pacing, but kept his arms crossed. "She's under compulsion. Damon snuck her some vervain but she can't leave till Klaus tells her she can."

"Where is Damon?" Elena asked, concerned for her boyfriend's older brother.

Jenna glanced over at her. "I saw him go upstairs."

Without a word, Elena pushed herself off the lounge and headed upstairs. After a few moments I got up as well.

"I don't trust her alone with Damon while he's in this state of mind." I explained, before following the direction my sister had gone.

"If it works." I heard Damon telling Elena when I finally reached his room. I didn't go inside though. I wanted to know what they were talking about.

"It will work." My sister insisted.

"You think it will work. You want it to work." Damon all but yelled, his voice growing angrier with each word. "Why am I the only one who's convinced it won't? There has to be another way."

"There isn't."

"And you're gonna die, Elena."

"Or Celina will. And then whichever one of us it is will come back to life."

"That is not a risk I'm willing to take." Damon's voice had gotten dangerously low.

"But I am. Celina is too." Elena stood her ground. "It's our lives, Damon. Our choice."

There was silence for several long seconds, before I strained to hear Damon whisper, "I can't lose you."

When I didn't hear Elena's reply, I moved to stand in the doorway so I could actually see them, worried that they were kissing. Instead Elena was smiling at Damon, then turning to leave.

She looked surprised to see me in the doorway, but it was nothing compared to the shock she got when Damon suddenly appeared in front of her.

"There is another way." He said eagerly.

Elena was confused. "What are you—?" She cut off when Damon bit into his wrist. "Damon, no. Damon, no—"

Her cries became muffled as he forced his bleeding wrist into her mouth. She strained against him, her eyes urging for me to help her. But I just stood there and watched. She was a genuine idiot if she thought she would never become a vampire at some point.

A rush of air suddenly blew passed me, and then Stefan was shoving Damon away from Elena.

"What did you do? What did you do?!" He demanded angrily.

Damon glared. "I saved her life. Your turn, Celina."

He was suddenly in front of me, his wrist already bleeding again and at my mouth half a second later. Finally! Damon's eyes widened with surprise when he realized I was willingly guzzling down his blood, and I gave him a wink as he pulled his wrist away.

"Thanks," I whispered with a small smile, licking the extra blood around my lips.

Damon nodded once before turning back to Elena, who was coughing on the floor. Drama queen. "You're so bent on dying, this way I know you'll come back."

"As a vampire." Stefan growled, leaving his position at Elena's side to confront his brother. "She'll come back a vampire."

"It's better than nothing else."

Stefan stalked forward. "How could you take that choice away from her? From them both?"

Elena let out this weird groan-slash-yell, while I just rolled my eyes. Definitely a drama queen.

Damon stared at her wide-eyed. "Go ahead, wish me an eternity of misery. Believe me, you'll get over it."

With that, the two brothers started fighting. It would've been almost amusing, if it weren't a stupid thing they were fighting over. The fight ended with Damon shoving a broken chair leg into Stefan's stomach.

Elena rushed over to help Stefan, pushing Damon away and glaring at him. "Get out of here!"

Alaric and Jenna came running into the room. "What the hell is going on?"

"Get him out of here." Elena repeated, still holding onto Stefan.

"Oh, my God." Aunt Jenna muttered when she saw the carnage. Elena and I had blood around our mouths, Damon's face was bleeding, and Stefan had a chunk of wood through his gut.

Ric tried to put his hand on Damon's shoulder, but the vampire just shrugged him off before standing. I followed him out of the room while Ric ordered Jenna to get some blood bags from the basement.

"Sounds like you won't be needing this anymore." Elijah stated petulantly, referring to the elixir he was now placing back in its box. "Feeding them vampire blood rendered it useless." He turned to me. "Please tell your sister I'll be back before nightfall. We'll proceed as planned."

"We all know that elixir wouldn't have worked anyway." Damon mumbled, downing the glass of brandy he'd poured himself in one gulp.

Elijah paused, then turned around. "Your problem, Damon… you talk a good game, but you don't actually know anything. Elena will never forgive you. And never for a vampire… it's a very long time."

I smirked at the truth of that.

I headed to the Grill with Damon, convincing him to compel me a drink the whole way there. He finally relented, so I sat happily with my bourbon and coke while he just had his bourbon straight.

"Why did you thank me?" He asked, not looking at me as he stared moodily into his glass. "Why aren't you mad that I may have taken away your fragile human life?"

I smiled as I sipped my drink. "Unlike Elena, I want to be a vampire. Though I've always been too afraid to ask one to turn me. It just seems too forward."

"Hmm." Damon chugged his drink down and ordered another.

"Look," I said, placing my hand on his arm. "I've made my choice, and so has Elena. She might think she cares about losing her human life, but in reality, she doesn't. If she truly did, she would've made sure to remove you and Stefan from her life."

Damon nodded but said nothing, so I sighed. Hopefully I could've made him a little bit more reassured.

Alaric appeared on the other side of Damon. "I'll have the same."

"I screwed up." Damon muttered, apparently ignoring everything I just told him. Though technically, he did screw up.

"Yeah," Ric agreed. "Yeah, you did."

"Yeah."

I rolled my eyes at their gloominess, before feeling a presence close to my left side.

"Gentlemen," said an unfamiliar British voice. "And the lovely Celina. Why so glum?"

I turned to my left and saw a handsome blonde man I'd never met standing barely a foot away, radiating power. I instantly knew who he was.

"Oh, I'm not glum." I smirked and took a long sip of my alcoholic drink. "But these poor bastards are."

Damon groaned. "Klaus, I presume."

"In the flesh." Klaus smirked, but it looked a little too smug. He looked to Alaric with his eyebrows raised. "Thanks for the loner, mate."

Damon stood up and walked around me, glaring at the future hybrid. "Any reason you stopped by to say hi?"

"Well, I'm told you and your brother fancy one of my doppelgangers. And it isn't even the pretty blonde one." He looked to me and I raised an eyebrow. "Just thought I'd try to remind you not to try anything you'll regret."

"Thanks for the advice." The Salvatore laughed humourlessly. "I don't suppose I could talk you into a postponement by any chance, huh?"

Klaus's smirk turned strained, before it fell into a frown. "You are kidding. He's kidding, right?"

Both Alaric and I shook our heads exasperatedly. "No. Not really."

"I mean, come one, what's one month in the grand scheme of things?" Damon stated casually, not really wanting an answer.

"Let me be clear." Klaus's voice turned condescending. "I have my vampire. I have my werewolf. I have everything I need. The ritual will happen tonight. So if you want to live to see tomorrow, don't screw it up."

He sauntered away from us, and before Damon or Ric could stop me, I hopped off my stool and followed him out of the Grill.

"What is it, Celina?" Klaus asked, stopping once we were a good distance away from anyone and turning to face me.

I grinned. "I do hope you remember what I told you at the dance. If you take me with you now, there's literally nothing Damon can do to stop the ritual from happening tonight."

"Oh, I remember. But I hope you remember what I just said in there." He inclined his head to the Grill, before closing the gap between us and cupping my cheek in his hand. "Now why would I want to sacrifice the pretty doppelganger?"

"Because she's willing?" I asked rhetorically, hoping he'd get the hint that I wanted to be sacrificed.

Apparently not. "I might have better plans for you, love. Trust me." He brushed his thumb over my cheekbone.

"You're a very attractive man, Klaus." I leaned into his touch, resting my hand over his.

Klaus's smirk turned into a triumphant grin. "I always did like blondes"

"Too bad I don't." With that, I removed his hand from my cheek, gave him an innocent smile, and walked off. I swayed my hips for good measure, knowing my legs and ass looked amazing in the heels I wore.

If Klaus was going to hit on me so blatantly, then I was going to unashamedly let him know that he wouldn't ever have me.

A/N: Okay, a bit of angst in this chapter, not to mention the Klaus flirtation has begun! And trust me, there'll be more to come. But don't worry, there'll be some Celijah (yay, ship name) in the next chapter!

Review Replies:

San. Nyx: You got that right! And rest assured, you don't have to wait very long at all ;)

Guest: Thank you, I'm glad you did! And Stefan will definitely be ripper... I have to say, Celina and ripper Stefan are gonna get along very well! Neither am I, I sometimes wish the show wasn't centred around her so she could be kill off... Stupid Elena ugh!

Nikki-Chaos: That's fine, seeing as how late this chapter was, I don't mind at all! I'm so happy you think so! I myself think Celina has aspects of both Katherine and Elena in her personality, but at the same time she's her own person, which is where her craving for independence comes from.

And I agree! I have had to give up on so many Elijah/OC stories because they would have sex within the first few days of knowing each other. When I decided to write this, I knew I'd make their relationship as realistic as possible. While they had an almost instant attraction to each other, they're taking it slow. But I've got to admit, I think Elijah would be a bit freaky in bed. He's gotta let loose somehow ;)

That was essentially what I was trying to show, so I'm glad you came across to you so well. And thank God, it seems Elena hate is quite popular actually! But yeah, Celina won't go out of her way to bully Elena, and if she ever does, there'll be a realistic reason. Thank you!

hotchfan1: I might not get that far into the series before this fic ends, but if I do, there'll be no cure storyline :) I mean, if Jeremy doesn't kill Kol, then they can't go find the cure anyway ;)

ChristinaAguileraFan: Ahhh thank you so much! I'm really, really glad you think that! :)

Bella-swan11: Yeah, Elena may act selfless, but she is in fact very self-focused and only cares about others when they're actually hurt, usually because of her. Celina is starting to see how little Elena cares about her feelings. I wish she could stay with Elijah leading up to the sacrifice, but I think it would be far too soon. Even though she seems better in this chapter, it's only temporary, and she's only going to get more messed up. Elijah will definitely have a hard time fixing her!

And even though it would be awesome, because Elijah is a normal vampire, despite his Original status he still can't have children like Klaus can. Sucks, but I don't want this fic to be very AU :(

Phoenix Crest: If I reach season 4, Kol will definitely live (I'll make sure him and Celina have a solid friendship leading up to her saving him), and seeing as there'll be no cure storyline, there'll be no pregnant Hayley :) I know it was a plot device to move the Originals to New Orleans for the spinoff, but they could've used another character who wasn't as horrid as Hayley. I can't stand how much of a bitch she is! Mind you, I haven't watched any TO yet, and I've heard she's nicer in that... but I'll see...

JulieAnastasja: More is here! ;) I'm glad, I didn't want him to seem OOC with his attraction to Celina. Thank you so much! And I'm really glad you do :)

Big thank you to Lucy Greenhill, NicoleR85 and Maya for your reviews! I hope you all enjoyed this update :)