A/N: The sacrifice is here! I hope you all enjoy the fact that this chapter is out like 10000x faster than the last one ;)

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While Stefan took Elena on a hike before her 'possible last day of humanity' ended, I wanted to spend time with the rest of my family. But the longish walk home wasn't fun.

I pulled a Stefan and couldn't stop brooding the whole way.

Why did Klaus have to be such a douchebag and not except my offer. I was literally offering myself up to be sacrificed, which is the opposite of what Elena was currently doing. Hell, she had been doing that before, just to the wrong people.

And Damon was surely doing something stupid, and that stupid thing will undoubtedly piss Klaus off. And a pissed off Klaus is quite frankly terrifying.

When I finally got home, only Jenna was there. I walked through the door with a sigh, and pulled my heels off my now aching feet. They were fine for casual wear, but not for walking home from the Grill.

"Hey, Jenna," I called out to her, making my way to the living room couch and rubbing my sore feet. "Where's Jeremy?"

Jenna came strolling into the room with a bag of caramel popcorn. "He's with Bonnie, but I have no idea where they are. Want some?"

"Sure, thanks." I would usually say no to food out of habit, but with what Elijah told me in mind, I grabbed a handful of the sugary popcorn. I hadn't had the stuff for years, and it was better than I remembered. "Wanna watch some movies?"

"Okay, but I get to pick. Horror movies freak me out too much." Aunt Jenna grinned and gave me a wink.

She chose 10 Things I Hate About You first, claiming it was her favourite movie in high school. I didn't mind, because come on, Heath Ledger is some serious eye-candy. Next came Clueless, then Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, and finally Mean Girls.

When the sun had gone down and Cady was about to vomit on Aaron Samuels, Jenna got a call. And by the sound of it, it was serious.

"Elena, Elena?" Jenna questioned the voice on the other end, jumping off the couch and beginning to pace. "Hey, calm down. You're going to be fine. Even if you become a vampire, you'll still be fine. You'll still be my niece, and I'll still love you."

She paused. I used that time to give my aunt a questioning glance, so she placed her hand over the bottom of her phone and whispered to me, "It's Elena, she's freaking out."

I nodded, completely understanding. "Tell her being a vampire won't be so bad."

Jenna complied, before she went silent for another few moments. Then she hurriedly put her jacket on.

"Okay, it's alright, I'll be there in five. See you soon, bye." She hung up and turned to me. "Elena wants to see me for the last time as a human because apparently Klaus is coming to get her, not you. Is that okay? Will you be alright here alone?"

"Of course it's okay, Jenna. Go on, I've been with you all afternoon. I'll see you later tonight anyway." I got up and gave her a hug, before practically pushing her out the door.

"Bye, Cell." She waved.

I just shook my head and grinned. "Hurry!"

After the door closed behind my aunt, I began to make my way back to the couch. I was almost there when I heard the sounds of struggling coming from the front porch. I instantly turned around and headed back to the door when there was a distinctive snap.

The type of snap a neck makes when it breaks.

I sprinted the last few steps to the door before throwing it open, a sudden fear overwhelming me. There, in Klaus's arms as he walked down my driveway, was Jenna's limp body. He'd killed her.

"Oh, my God." I muttered, sinking to my knees like the protagonist in every drama movie does when something horrid happens. My stomach dropped and I fell forward, my hands shooting out last minute to stop me falling on my face.

Klaus noticed me there, so he stopped and turned around. "Sorry, love, but it had to be done. You can blame Damon." Then he flitted off, my aunt still in his arms.

I felt so dizzy, but I had to get a grip. Maybe Jenna wasn't really dead. I mean, if she was, then why would he take her body with him? And what did he mean I could blame Damon? I needed to call him.

I pulled out my phone and dialled the familiar number. When Damon picked up, I didn't wait for his greeting. "What the fuck did you do, Damon?"

"I saved Caroline and Tyler from being used in the sacrifice," he replied, voice hard and also a trace melancholy. Why did he feel sad about that? "That's what I did, Snowy."

I nodded, forgetting he couldn't see the motion. "Yeah, well, it pissed Klaus off. He took her. He took Jenna." I held back a sob and brushed a stray tear from my eye. "I heard him snap her neck, then I watched him take her. She's gone, Damon."

"I know," he sighed. "Katherine just told me he compelled her to call Jenna and pretend to be Elena. I'm so sorry, Celina, but I'm going to try and fix it."

"Good, you do that." I hung up, not wanting to talk to him anymore. Damon better goddamn fix it.

I was still kneeling on the front porch a few minutes later when a silver SUV pulled into the driveway and Elijah got out. He flitted to me when he saw my position, gently pulling me up and into a hug.

"Klaus has your sister," he whispered when he pulled away, examining my tear-streaked face. "Are you alright, Celina?"

When I looked into his eyes I couldn't find the words to reply, so instead I just shook my head slightly. He seemed to understand, and instead of asking more questions, he simply put an arm around my shoulders, helped me inside to get some shoes on, then guided me to the car.

I sat in the back next to Stefan, while Alaric sat in the front beside Elijah, who was driving. Ric tried to meet my eyes in the rear-view mirror, but I averted my gaze. I didn't want to be the one who broke the news to him about Jenna.

Hell, I doubted anyone in the car besides me even knew. Only Damon did, and he was off trying to fix it.

Elijah took us to the old witch house, where Bonnie and Jeremy had been all day, looking through grimoires. They were trying to find a spell to save Elena from becoming a vampire, but I thought it was pointless.

"The sacrifice is completed in stages as the full moon sets." Elijah explained to us once we were all out of the car. He came around and took hold of my hand. "First the werewolf is killed, then the vampire, and finally the doppelganger. Once Elena dies, the curse will be broken. Klaus will become a hybrid."

He squeezed my hand, so I smiled weakly up at him.

"So when do we attack?" Alaric asked, ready for a fight.

Elijah turned to him. "Elena's death will activate his dormant werewolf side. He'll be vulnerable during the transformation. That's when Bonnie comes in."

"You're sure Bonnie will survive this?" Stefan questioned.

The Original nodded once. "If she can deliver him to the brink of death, I'll finish the job myself." This time I squeezed his hand, giving him reassurance that I believed he could do it.

Stefan's phone rang and he quickly answered it, walking off. I couldn't hear any of the conversation, but at one point Elijah removed his hand from mine before pulling me into another hug, at the same time Stefan spun around to stare in shock at Ric and I.

Ah, so Damon had broken the news about Jenna.

"What is it? What's wrong?" Ric asked, now worried. He glanced my way, but unable to handle it, I buried my face into Elijah's chest as I began crying again and clinging onto his suit jacket.

I heard Stefan say, "Oh, my God," loud enough for me to hear, and I clutched Elijah's jacket harder. "He's using Jenna as the vampire in the ritual."

Alaric let out a string of curses and kicked the ground, before suddenly growing quiet. His breathing was heavy for a few long minutes. "I need to tell Jeremy…" He let us know, his voice oddly quiet. I heard footsteps and knew he'd walked off.

Bonnie came out a minute later, and Stefan filled her in on what happened.

"Why did he take Jenna?" Bonnie demanded, her arms hugging herself tightly. I'd finally managed to remove my face from Elijah's chest, but the tears didn't stop.

"A punishment for meddling." Elijah replied soberly, stroking my hair.

I shook my head. "A punishment for Damon's meddling."

"Klaus was gonna use Tyler and Caroline." Stefan explained further. "Damon rescued them."

"Then we need to go. Now." Bonnie's voice broke, her eyes growing sadder every time she looked at me. "Before Jenna's been sacrificed. I can kill Klaus myself."

I nodded. "I can't lose Jenna. I can't lose anyone. Please."

"Bonnie, if you use that much power, you'll be dead. We've already been through this. It's not an option." Stefan chastised.

"Neither is letting Jenna die."

"But Elijah said he can finish the job." I added, looking up at Elijah with earnest. "Right?"

He stared down at me with sorrowful eyes. "I'm so sorry, Celina. Unless he's in transition, Klaus is just too powerful for either of us. But Stefan will not let Jenna die anyway."

I looked to Stefan in confusion. Did he have an idea?

"We're gonna offer another vampire." He said glumly. "One that he'll want more… Me."

Bonnie and I just stared at him, but neither of us said anything. We both knew that when it came down to it, we'd choose Jenna over Stefan every time. She was family, he was not.

Elijah took me inside with Bonnie so she could do a locater spell. When it was finished, we knew where we had to go to kill Klaus - Stevens Quarry, a place where I liked to go for midnight swims in the summer.

"I'm going to let Stefan know where the ritual is." Elijah said, giving me a quick kiss on my forehead as he went outside to find the younger Salvatore.

Bonnie was texting someone, but I figured it was Caroline and didn't question her on it like some people would. We moved down the stairs and into the basement of the house, where Jeremy was waiting. I ran over and let him pull me into a giant hug.

There was thumping down the stairs ten minutes later, and we all turned to see who it was. John.

"I brought the Gilbert journals. I think I know the spell you're talking about." John said, and to say that I was shocked to see my dad was an understatement. He was holding a large box full of antique journals, placing them on a table for us to look through.

He'd called me a fair bit recently, mostly asking about Elena and what's been happening with the supernatural lately. I didn't tell him much. As much I loved him, John could still be an asshole and try to mess all our plans up.

"Where's Damon?" Bonnie asked.

"Upstairs," my dad replied, inclining his head to the room above us. "Alaric wanted to talk to him."

Bonnie nodded, when I suddenly thought of something. "Stefan is going to try and replace Jenna… so why don't I try and replace Elena? She doesn't want to be a vampire, but I do."

"Absolutely not!" John admonished, raising his voice at me for the first time. "The fact you want to be a vampire is all the more reason why you should be one."

I opened my mouth to argue back when Bonnie cut in. "Klaus has already made his choice, Cell. And he's had longer to think about it."

I nodded in defeat, knowing what she said was true.

The three of them started pulling journals out of the box and flicking through them, but I decided not to participate. As much as I wanted to become a vampire before Elena, in the end I didn't really care whether she was one before me or not.

Instead, I scrolled through the photos on my phone, staring at all the ones of Jenna. She was grinning in all of them, constantly bright, happy and playful. That's how I would always remember her if for some strange reason Klaus decided he wouldn't use Stefan instead.

But, oh fuck, if he didn't use Stefan, then Jenna's death would be partly my fault. If I had never shoved her out the door, and instead told her Elena was being a drama queen and to stay with me, then she would never have gotten into this situation.

I'd regret this for the rest of my life.

"We found something in the journals." Bonnie stated, breaking me out of my dangerous thoughts. Damon had come down the stairs and urged for her to elaborate.

"Jonathon journaled the story of a mother who called on Emily." John began in his story-telling voice. "The woman's baby was sick, dying. Emily cast a spell that would bind the woman's life force with her child."

Damon stared at John with narrowed eyes. "Skip to the 'save Elena' part."

"The child died, but the mother's life force flowed through her, restoring her to life." He continued.

"We already know Elena's gonna come back to life." Jeremy pointed out. "She'll be a vampire."

"Not if her soul remains intact."

"Her soul, really?" Damon scoffed. "You're gonna put your faith in some 'act of God' mumbo jumbo?"

Bonnie and I raised our eyebrows. "Why do you believe every single way to save Elena won't work? Honestly." I shook my head in disbelief. He didn't believe Elijah's elixir would work, and now he didn't believe this spell will.

John took a few steps forward. "I refuse to let Elena become the thing I've spent my life protecting her against. And you can call that God or mystical energy, whatever you want, but, yes. I'm putting my faith in it."

He went over and sat on a lone chair. Bonnie moved to stand behind him, and hovering her hands on either side of his head, began chanting the spell. It seemed like it would take a while, and Damon was getting impatient.

"Come on, Bonnie, we've got a hybrid to kill."

She took a deep breath, then opened her eyes. "It's done."

"That's it?" Damon inquired, and Bonnie nodded. "Let's go."

I followed Damon out of the room straight away, wanting to be there when Bonnie and Elijah killed Klaus once and for all. But when he stopped at the bottom of the stairs, waiting for Bonnie, I continued up them.

I spotted Ric and Elijah, hurrying over to the latter and grasping the tops of his arms with urgency.

"When was the last time you fed?" I demanded, not caring that he seemed taken aback.

"Just this morning. I had a blood bag." Elijah replied with his eyebrows drawn together. He removed my hands from his arms, then cupped my face to steady me. "Why do you seem so on edge?"

I blinked rapidly. "You're about to kill Klaus, so I need to know you'll be strong. A blood bag almost a whole day ago isn't enough. I want you to drink my blood."

"I couldn't do that, Celina." Elijah shook his head. "You'll be too weak."

I smiled up at him. "No, I won't. I've been eating more, and the last thing was just over an hour ago and full of sugar. I'll be fine." With that, I moved my hair to one side of my neck, leaving the other side bare. "I won't let you go until you've had some. So just drink. Please."

"I will, but first…" Elijah leaned down and pressed his lips against mine, softly yet firmly. I kissed him back with the same amount of force, and pulled away when he did after a few seconds.

Oh, wow. Just a few seconds of contact and I already knew Elijah was a grea—

His fangs suddenly pierced the flesh on my neck and I stiffened in surprise, before slowly relaxing all my muscles when the uncomfortable yet pleasant feeling took over. I stifled a moan at the intimacy, vaguely aware that Ric was still in the vicinity.

Elijah had taken several mouthfuls when he pulled back from me, using his handkerchief to wipe the excess blood from his mouth. He then used it to wipe the blood from my neck. I took the fancy piece of cloth from him and held it against my bite.

"Thank you," he whispered, before turning to see Damon and Bonnie reach the top of the stairs.

Ric looked slightly shocked, but he instantly sprang into action. "I've got the weapons in the car."

"Bonnie's the only weapon we need." Elijah replied, and I nodded. If a normal stake couldn't kill Elijah, then it definitely wouldn't kill Klaus.

We walked towards the front door, but when Ric and I reached it, we both hit an invisible barrier. I instantly knew it was because of Bonnie, though I couldn't help but be as curious as I was angry.

So that's what it was like for a vampire who wasn't invited into a house.

"Bonnie, what is this?" Ric demanded.

She shrugged. "I can't put anyone else at risk."

I turned to Elijah and he smiled to me apologetically. I nodded, understanding that the supernatural creatures had to keep us humans safe, especially if something went wrong and hybrid Klaus was running around.

"I can't stay here with Jenna out there." Ric almost shouted, growing frustrated. He was a vampire hunter by nature, and not being able to help take down the worst one of them all must've been hurting him almost as much as the possibility of losing Jenna was.

"I'm sorry." Was all Bonnie said.

"You can't do this." He shook his head in anger. "Damon?"

"Sorry, buddy. She's right."

"No! You can't do this. Bonnie. Bonnie!"

But her and Damon just began walking away again, only Elijah staying. He was suddenly in front of me, holding my face in his hands once again.

"Please just kill him." I whispered, bringing my face closer to his.

He leaned in as well and gave me a chaste kiss. "I will. I promise." And with that, he was gone.

I followed Alaric back downstairs to the basement, where he filled John and Jeremy in on everything that happened. And I mean everything. When my dad found out that I'd kissed Elijah twice, he could barely look me in the eye, instead choosing to glare at the bite mark on my neck in disgust.

His obvious disappointment in me hurt.

Ric said he had no idea how long the ritual would take, or how long it would to kill Klaus, and that I should get some rest. I didn't argue, already feeling the lethargy swirling around my body. I eventually found an old couch to sleep on.

When I woke up, Alaric was leaning tiredly against the wall near the stairs, while John used the morning light streaming through the high basement windows to write something. I groggily sat up and rubbed the sleep out of my eyes.

"We should have heard from them by now." Ric sighed, pushing himself off the wall and walking over to Jeremy, who was still flicking through the old journals.

"Did you read all of this?" He asked John, looking concerned.

John nodded. "I did."

"So you understand what happened to the mother after the baby was brought back to life." Jeremy stated with mild disbelief.

"She saved her daughter." John replied nonchalantly, turning to face my brother. "She found peace."

"John…"

My dad got up and walked over to Jeremy. "I need you to give this to Elena for me. And also this." He gave him a piece of folded paper, and then his Gilbert ring.

I looked on with confusion, and so did Ric. "Oh, hey, what's going on here?"

"Take care of your sisters. Please." John said, ignoring Ric. He turned to me next, and handed me another piece of paper, also folded. "Please don't read this before tonight, at the very least."

I nodded, taking the paper and putting it in the pocket of my jacket. I was confused, but I'd eventually find out why he was acting this way. This way that was like he would die soon and he knew it.

Jeremy swallowed thickly, and I grew more worried and confused, but then we all heard the door upstairs open.

"I think they're here." Alaric said, almost excitedly. He, like me, was wondering if Jenna had survived and that the spell worked.

Jeremy, Ric and I rushed up the stairs to see Damon carrying a limp Elena over to another old couch at the end of the hallway. There were two fang marks on her neck with dried blood stains around them. Neither Stefan or Jenna were there, not to mention Elijah or Bonnie. What happened?

"How is she?" Jeremy asked worriedly,

Damon stroked her hair. "I don't know yet."

"What about Jenna?"

The Salvatore turned his head and lightly shook his head.

My heart lurched painfully, like it was on the verge of breaking. I fell into Jeremy's side sobbing loudly. He held me close and let out tears of his own. Our aunt was gone, forever. This couldn't be happening.

But it was.

"I'm sorry Celina, Jeremy." Damon muttered sincerely.

I couldn't bear to look at him right then, so I turned my face the other way and saw John staring at us softly from the front door. He smiled grimly, then turned and walked outside. After a dozen or so steps he stopped and looked back inside like he expected to see something, which confused me greatly.

And then I heard a choking gasp, undoubtedly from Elena. But I didn't dare turn around. John just kept standing there, looking at the scenery around him, before suddenly collapsing. It was like the life had just left him.

"DAD!" I screamed, rushing to him while Jeremy ran to Elena. I kneeled down beside my father's body and checked for his pulse. It wasn't there.

My adoptive parents were dead.

My real mom was dead.

My aunt was dead

And now my real dad was dead.

I began screaming through my tears, clutching onto John's body as if my life depended on it. My heart felt like it had been torn from my chest, a gaping, empty hole in its place. My breathing turned laboured, and I knew I was going to have a panic attack, but I couldn't stop it.

Arms wrapped around my body and pulled me away from John. I struggled, futilely, when I decided, why not just give up?

So I did, and that's when I blacked out.

It was the funeral the next day.

I was in my bedroom, dressed head-to-toe in black, as was tradition. I refused to look at any photos of my family. It was far too painful. I wanted to be numb from it all, or in shock like Elena, but no. I felt all of the hurt and the sorrow.

It was slowly killing me.

I cried the whole way through the cemetery to the Gilbert family plot. When Elena began putting a single rose in front of each grave, I simply lost it.

I backed away slowly, overcome by horror and grief, before I finally turned around and ran.

A/N: Longer chapter than I expected it to be.

Does anyone else cry every time they watch this episode (if you're anything like me and have watched the series quite a few times). I always lose it first when Jenna dies, and then when John does. Can you tell that I'm probably a blubbering mess right now?

But yay, Celijah action!

Review Replies:

RebeliousOne: Oh, it will ;) I had planned for her to be at the bar with Damon and Ric for so long that I actually got really impatient for the scene to arrive! And there'll just be flirting. Klaus's, erm, feelings, for Celina are strictly lustful... But who knows what flirting may lead to ;)

klarolineforeverandeverxo: First of all, thank you for all of the reviews! Elijah is one of my favourite characters too, tied with Klaus, Kol and Rebekah. Yeah, I love my Originals! I'm so bloody glad I gave you a reaction like that ;) And yes, I want the Klaus flirtation to be more on the sexy, playful side than on the romantic side, and you got some Celina and Elijah stuff this chapter!

I'm glad you're liking my fic so much, thank you!

lalaa365: I'm glad, I've been trying to hold them back. It's been hard, which is why I gave them their first kiss in this chapter. If I didn't though, they would've had to have waited until almost mid-season 3... and where's the fun in that? I almost considered having sacrificed her instead, but it just wouldn't have worked with what I have planned. You'll see what I mean in the next few chapters :)

ChristinaAguileraFan: Thank you! And don't worry, she won't. Like I mentioned, the flirting is strictly lustful and nothing more. Klaus basically just wants to get in her pants, but it's Celina, so that's unlikely to ever happen!

katherinesalvatore98: She was a little bit depressed, but after this chapter and the next, she definitely will be, and hardcore. Thank you!

tate4eva: No problem! I'm glad you did, and you won't know what Elijah's reaction is for quite a while yet... but trust me, it'll be good!

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