AN: well folks here we are... the second to the last chapter...

good news there is a sequel in the works and ready to go...

and when we get it depends on you!

depending on how many reviews i get for these last two chapters depends on how long i leave you waiting for the next installment..

and let me tell you... cliffhanger

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Chapter 58

Cassie walked into her room and laid on her bed. She was exhausted and honestly didn't want to go the ball. But this was important to Rebecca and she was going to be there for her.

Rebecca walked in a few minutes later. "You didn't let me in so I just came in.," she told her.

Cassie just gave her a thumbs up.

"I can't believe you messed up your hair" Rebecca cried.

Cassie sat up and raised an eyebrow at her.

Rebecca stared at her "what's wrong?" she asked sitting on the bed next to Cassie.

Cassie took a deep breath "your mother met me before I went to stop Mikael." Cassie started to explain.

Rebecca started to take out the pins so her hair would fall back down.

"And she just said some things." Cassie said.

"Like what?" Rebecca asked.

"That I was just like Anita in appearance and attitude, and that Nik knows something about the cure that he kept from me." She said looking out the window, her hair finally out of its pins as Rebecca started to brush the curls out.

"Well I love my brother but he has been known to keep a few secrets close to the chest." Rebecca tried to defend her brother.

"He told me everything" Cassie said quietly "at least he said that he did, everything about the cure. Because he knew how important it was for me, for Elena."

Rebecca was quiet.

Cassie gave a heartless chuckle "I had hoped you could tell me that she was lying."

"My mother's tactics differ from my father's in that he will lie and manipulate to get what he wants, my mother tells the truth, and the truths we don't want to hear." Rebecca said. "If she thinks that Nik is hiding something about the cure then he probable is."

Cassie felt it again, the tears coming up again.

"Damn it" she said.

Rebecca stopped what she was doing and hugged her again.

"You don't have to go" Rebecca told her "the ball, you don't have to go tonight."

"I want to go for you" Cassie said, "you worked so hard and in fact I really love the dress you picked out."

Rebecca beamed at hearing this. "Then I will let Kol know that he has to keep you away form Nik tonight."

Cassie gave Rebecca a sad smile "is it over?" she asked, "Between me and Nik, are we just playing at this relationship."

"Honestly I don't know" Rebecca confessed, "I see what the two of you have and I want you two to keep fighting. But it's tearing you apart,"

Cassie nodded "I know, this is the third time I've cried today"

"Well you can't cry anymore" Rebecca said handing Cassie her green dress "now go"
she shooed Cassie into the bathroom.

Cassie changed into her dress and stepped out.

"You look brilliant" Rebecca said.

Cassie smiled "I really love this dress" she confessed.

"Here are your heels" Rebecca said handing her a pair of sliver heels.

Cassie made a face but grabbed the shoes and slept them on while Rebecca grabbed her hair and pulled it behind her.

"What does your dress look like?" Cassie asked, "I never got to see it."

Rebecca smiled as she launched into what color and design her dress was to the shoes that match to her hair and make up.

Cassie smiled and listened to her friend talking about the dress, letting her mind wander as she tried to steer away from everything that involved Nik.

It was nice to be a girl, a simple 22 year-old girl who got dressed up with friends; she had missed this, missed normal. She then thought about what Elena and her had talked about earlier, whether which life was the right one.

"Done" Rebecca said smiling.

Cassie was startled for a second that she had mentally checked out for so long that Rebecca was able to pull all of her hair back behind her with a bun that had jewels in it, a few wispy pieces fell framing her face those curls still holding. Her make up was a little more standing out. Rebecca had put dark eyeliner on her eyes and put on some heavy mascara. Her eyes stood out, she noticed almost every little fleck in her eyes. A light gloss on her lips made them a little glossy.

"Wow" she said.

"I know right" Rebecca said, "I have outdone myself"

"Becca" Cassie said.

"Happy birthday" Rebecca said "now its my turn, again" she said before blurring away.

Cassie was staring at herself, hardly recognizing herself.

She heard a soft knock on her doorframe and she turned around.

And saw Damon. He was staring at her, his mouth slightly opened.

"Day?" she asked seeing him in his tux.

But Damon was still staring at her, moving his gaze up to her face.

"Day?" she asked again.

Damon shook his head slightly "sorry, Cass you look beautiful" he said "and I'm not teasing you or anything, I'm am stunned speechless by your beauty."

Cassie blushed as she walked over to him.

"What are you doing here?" she asked.

"I just wanted to see that you were ok before I headed over to the ball" Damon said.

"I'm fine" she said "physically at least"

Damon nodded his head, taking note that she specified physically. "It seems like you have done the impossible." He said.

Cassie nodded as she turned back around to grab her shawl.

"I guess we did" she included "it was an everyone effort."

Damon nodded.

"Still going to be watching my back?" she asked teasing slightly.

"Yes" Damon answered without hesitation.

"That's all fine but make sure you look out after yourself" she said.

Damon nodded "oh I will" he smirked.

Cassie smiled "good" she said "I'll see you there?" she offered.

"See you there" he said then blurred away,

Cassie smiled as she made her way to the car.

"Cassandra" a voice behind her spoke.

Cassie turned around and saw Klaus standing there.

"Nik" she said breathlessly. "What are you doing here?" she asked

Klaus took a step forward "I came to see you."

"Oh" she said fidgeting a little.

"You look," he said, "stunning."

Cassie felt a blush spread across her cheeks.

"I love it when you blush" he said cupping her face.

Cassie remained quiet while Klaus's thumb traced her cheekbone.

"Please tell me what's wrong Klaus begged, "I don't understand."

Cassie took a deep breath, "before I walked into the clearing I met your mother."

Klaus froze.

"And she said, that you were hiding something from me, concerning the cure." Cassie whispered.

Klaus didn't answer her.

"Is it true?" she asked looking up at him. "Did you lie to me?"

Klaus looked down at her "please don't push this," he begged

Cassie took a step back, "so you are" she said, "You are lying to me"

"Cassie" he began.

"This is my family" Cassie said "you know how much this meant to me, it was for my family and you kept something from me."

"It wasn't important" Klaus tried to defend "it didn't concern you."

"Don't try to defend this" Cassie said, "twice I came to you and both times you lied to my face."

"Cassie" he said.

"Don't Cassie me!" Cassie yelled, "Do you not understand what happened. I ignored my instincts pushed away every thought of doubt I had because you told me it was ok. Like a stupid high school girl with a crush I just believed you blindly."

Klaus's heart broke at hearing this; he finally understood what was wrong with her.

"I don't, I didn't," he said.

"What?" she asked, "What could you possibly say that makes this ok?"

Klaus closed his eyes.

When he opened them he saw Cassie was gone.

"Damn it" he growled.

Cassie walked into the ball and stopped at the steps.

She was looking around in awe of what Rebecca had done.

"Darling" Kol said.

Cassie saw Kol standing there; he wasn't wearing a green that matched her dress exactly but a sliver that paired nicely with her dress.

"Rebecca dressed me," Kol explained as she took his arm "wanted to make sure that we at least matched somewhat in out kidnapped plan."

Cassie smiled "well at least our mug shots will look good." She agreed.

Kol smirked at her. "Well if we are getting mug shots done tonight, I have a list of things we have to do."

Cassie laughed. "It's been a long time since I laughed like that."

Elena showed up with Stefan in front of them.

"Hey Cass" Stefan said, "You look good."

"Thanks Stef" she said "and Elena, you look like mom"

Elena beamed at her big sister "thanks" she said.

"Well isn't anyone going to say how dashing I look?" Kol asked.

Cassie laughed again and turned to Kol "your ego can't afford to get any bigger." She said.

Elena and Stefan chuckled.

Cassie turned to Kol "I need a drink" she told him.

"Right this way" Kol said showing her the way.

"See you guys later" she said winking at Stefan and Elena.

Elena turned to Stefan "something is wrong with her" she told him.

"How can you know?" Stefan asked.

"Her eyes" Elena said "she has been crying."

Stefan nodded in understanding "I know Damon has been watching her back lately, maybe he will know."

Cassie was standing next to the bar when Damon showed up next to her.

"Almost done with the night," Damon said to her.

Cassie smiled "thank god" she said "I'm ready to escape."

"Well, I have noticed you are ignoring a certain person." Damon noted.

"Please tell me that you haven't just been watching me this entire night." Cassie said.

"Well I don't want to lie to you." Damon said.

Cassie slapped Damon in the chest lightly, "that's it you officially done for the night."

"I'm done?" Damon asked.

"Yep your clocked out, now go find a girl and make sure that you bring the drink tonight." She said.

Damon mocked saluted her and disappeared into the crowd.

All night Cassie kept jumping seamlessly between all of her friends, avoiding Klaus.

She knew he was trying to get her alone, but Cassie couldn't handle anymore tonight.

Finally, when she walked past the study, Klaus caught her arm and spun her into his chest.

"You are avoiding me," he stated holding him close to her.

"I don't want to deal with this tonight." Cassie said.

"Well, I do" he protested, "Cassandra, I'm sorry."

"Stop" she interrupted "you have said that to much to me lately."

Klaus stared into her eyes and then kissed her deeply; trying to put everything he didn't know how to put into words.

Cassie returned the kiss, getting lost in feeling of being in his arms, of feeling his lips against hers.

Cassie pulled back from him.

"Lets start over." Klaus begged, "this Mikael drama is over, lets start from the ground up. The reason I lied to you was to not put pressure on you. Not to keep it from you."

"What do you mean not to put pressure on me?" she asked

"Please" he begged "its not time, not now"

Cassie tried to take a step back,

"No" Klaus begged "please"

Cassie stopped.

"This isn't how I pictured tonight going" Klaus said.

"How did you picture it?" she asked.

"You were going to spend the entire night in my arms" he said "we were going to dance and at midnight on Christmas day I was going to give you this," he said pulling her locket out.

Cassie's breath caught in her throat.

"And I was going to tell you that no matter what as long as you had me, you would always have a dance partner." Klaus whispered.

"Nik" she said.

"And I would walk you underneath one of the several mistletoes Rebecca has set up and I would kiss you." He finished.

Cassie kissed Klaus it was quick and sweet and then she pulled back. "But that's not the problem." She said "the problem is you don't trust me, and after hearing that you lied to my face for months, I no longer trust you."

"But we can fix that" Klaus protested.

"I don't think we can" Cassie said honestly "its too hard."

"What's to hard?" Klaus asked.

"Being around you," she answered honestly "being around you, feeling the way I feel and knowing that you don't trust me."

"That's why we can start over" Klaus said.

"I don't think I can" Cassie said, finally taking a step back and away from Klaus's embrace.

"Why not?" he challenged. "You claim to feel something for me and yet you're not willing to put some work into us?"

Cassie turned her back from Klaus and took a deep breath.

"I love you," she finally said turning back around, the tears that had been falling all night coming back to her eyes.

"What" Klaus asked?

"That's why I don't think it can work, because I don't know how to be around you, I love you and yet you don't trust me. I let myself fall for you and you just lied to my face for months, I even brought it up to you that I knew something was wrong, but I believed you when you said everything was fine, because somewhere I thought that maybe just maybe you might start to feel the same. That after a thousand years you finally could let someone in and that someone was me, but now I realize what I was to you and it hurts." She said her voice breaking with the last word.

"Cassie" he said taking a step forward.

But Cassie took another step back "let me finish." She said.

Klaus remained silent but nodded for her to continue.

"It hurts" she said again "to know that while I thought we were so close, that you really were far away."

She was done; she had nothing more to say.

And if she was honest with herself, she wasn't sure how she wanted him to answer.

Klaus just stared at her unaware that tears had spilled out of his eyes listening to the girl he loved pour her heart out to him and to hear the thoughts that she was thinking, about what she thought he thought of her. He couldn't take it. He couldn't take the pain he had obviously put her through.

He had to do the right thing by her.

He didn't want to Lord knows he wanted to tell her she was wrong, let her know how he was in love with her to, and explain what he had hidden from her. But that would only hurt her more.

His mind was made up.

All he had to do was say the words.

Say the words and crush her heart.

Crush her heart, but keep her away from him.

She would get over it, he knew she was strong, she could handle this and then it would just be a memory, a cautionary tale to her friends and family. She would live and be happy.

She would be safe.

"I'm sorry" Klaus said, his voice cold and detached "I never meant for you to fall in love with me."

"Is that all you have to say?" Cassie asked her voice small.

"It is" Klaus said, "Everything my mother said was right."

If you asked Klaus he would have sworn he heard the sound of her heart breaking.

But maybe he was wrong; maybe it was just her face that spoke so loud to him.

But at that point he knew, she was gone from him. Never again would he get to kiss her. Never again would he get to hold her in his arms.

Never again would he see her smile at him when she saw him.

Cassie nodded and then began to walk out of the room.

"Is that it?" Klaus asked curious as to why she wasn't making a big deal about this."

"I've embarrassed myself enough in your presence." She replied still facing the door, her profile was the only thing Klaus could see. "I see no point in telling you that your wrong or begging you to rethink this. I see no reason why I should continue to be a source of entertainment for you."

And with that she left him.

As soon as that door was shut, Klaus sunk to his knees, feeling hollow inside and empty.

Cassie walked back into the ballroom; it was getting late so people had started to head home.

"Lets get some air" Rob said appearing beside her.

Cassie looked up at one of her best friends and smiled. They had been friends for two years and during that time they had gotten to know each other extremely well, enough to the point where Rob could tell she was upset.

She nodded and the two friends walked out side to the fountain in the back yard.

"Do you want to talk about it?" he asked.

Cassie shook her head as she said on the edge of the fountain. "We're done" she said her voice breaking at those words "for good."

"Ah the poor baby got her heart broken" a voice taunted from behind her.

Cassie stood up and turned around seeing Faye standing there.

"Faye" Cassie whispered her eyes wide "your suppose to be daggered and in a box."

Faye shrugged her shoulders "I rarely do what I'm suppose to do, it's a family trait isn't that right dad?" she asked.

Cassie heard footsteps behind her and saw Mikael standing there.

"Ho-how?" she asked her heart beat speeding up.

It took two point sevens seconds for Cassie to realize what had happened. There was only one person who was responsible for the two of them.

Cassie turned to Rob. "Why?" she asked him.

Klaus had somehow managed to get back to the party and say good-bye to a few of the guest.

What he said, he wasn't sure. He was pretty much running on auto pilot but he did noticed that Cassie wasn't there anymore.

Klaus wasn't the only one to notice either.

Alaric, Stefan, and Elena had asked both Rebecca and Klaus if they had seen Cassie, since apparently her stuff was still in the coat closet.

Rebecca was worried.

Klaus however knew the reason her stuff was probably there, was that when you have your heart broken its easy to forget things like your purse.

Cassie was trapped. She was in the middle of three original vampires, with no weapons and a dress on.

"I have to admit it was a good plan" Mikael said "you just have to make sure to not tell the double agent what the plan is."

"Duly noted," Cassie said, "in the future I just wont say anything to your messed up family."

Faye laughed "there isn't going to be a future for you."

And at that point Cassie believed her.

"So my bastard brother broke your heart" Faye teased Cassie "I'm not shocked

actually. And how Rob managed to keep you two together is beyond me."

"What?" Cassie asked looking at Rob, all of her battle tactics were out of her mind. If she was going to die she was going to have all of her questioned answered first.

"He was following orders" Mikael said simply "this plan wouldn't have been possible if the two of you hadn't gotten together."

Cassie looked at him, her confusion still written on her face when Rob laughed darkly behind her. "She doesn't know" he informed his father.

When he heard this Mikael's expression changed to pity.

"Know what?" she asked him.

"That in order for your blood to work as a multiplier for the cure the both of you had to be in love with each other." Mikael explained.

"Both?" Cassie asked.

"Yep" Faye taunted, "Which means that dear Nik was in love with you"

Cassie didn't know how to react to this information, "so that's what he was hiding form me, that it wouldn't work unless we fell in love."

"Correct" Mikael said.

"Then why get us together in the first place?" she asked.

"Because now your blood doesn't work, in fact that means that every doppelganger of you from now on wont be able to use their blood." Mikael said.

"So that means there is only one dose" Rob said.

"One dose that isn't going to be used on us" Faye sneered.

"Don't you understand" Cassie said "this was never a revenge plot. The only people who were going to take the cure where people who wanted it."

"For now" Rob said.

"But you would even dumber then I thought if you didn't think Nik was going to eventually use it on us" Faye said.

"I daggered you twice" Cassie reminded her.

Faye just waved that away with her hand.

"And now its time for phase three" Mikael said growing bored of Q&A.

"What's phase three?" Cassie asked.

"My dear I thought that was simply." Mikael said stepping forward "phase three is you."

Cassie took a step back as Mikael bared his fangs; she took a deep breath about to scream when he jumped on her.

Damon came into the main ballroom and found Alaric and Stefan there to the side.

"What's wrong?" Damon asked.

"Cass is missing" Alaric informed him, clearly worried about his daughter.

"What?" Damon asked "how did this happen? Who was the last person to see her?"

"We think Klaus but he isn't talking right now," Stefan said.

"Well screw that," Damon said giving Stefan the bottle he has in his hand.

"Klaus" Damon called walking over to him.

Klaus rolled his eyes at hearing the Salvatore call his name.

"Where is she?" Damon asked.

"How am I supposed to know?" Klaus asked back.

"Maybe because you're her boyfriend, although a pretty shitty one in my opinion but hey it could also be the fact that you were the last person to see her." Damon said.

"I don't know where she is," Klaus said.

"How was she the last time you saw her?" Damon questioned.

"What does that matter?" Klaus asked.

"Because depending on her mood I might be able to actually find her instead of sitting here on my ass like you are." Damon said.

Klaus just shrugged his shoulder.

Damon clearly pissed off went back over to Alaric and Stefan.

"Well that went well" Stefan commented.

"Stef, you go to the dance studio and I'm going to the falls, Ric you stay here." Damon said taking the bottle from Stefan.

The other two nodded and went there separate ways.

Klaus was thinking about what Damon said, Cassie was upset and she was upset she wanted fresh air. His head slowly turned to the French doors that were open that lead to the backyard, following his instincts he started to head that way.

Alaric ran into Rebecca who was looking for Cassie as well and the two of them started to look together for her.

Klaus reached the fountain and then froze.

"Well look who is late to the party," Faye said.

But Klaus wasn't paying any attention to his sister who was suppose to be in a box, he was paying attention to Mikael who was standing next to Faye, with his arms around Cassie's neck.

Choking her.

Cassie had her hands on top of Mikael's arm trying to pull it away from her neck so she could get some air.

She was struggling to breath, her eyes were wide with fear and her face was pale from the lack of oxygen.

She was facing her worst fear right now.

Klaus started to head towards Mikael when Rob appeared and pinned his arms behind him.

Klaus growled at seeing his older brother betray him and tried to get free.

Rob chuckled as Klaus struggled "you may be the original hybrid, but you're still my little brother" Rob said "you're not getting free."

"Hello Niklaus" Mikael said calmly "I told you we should have done this like men.
"Fine" Klaus spat not taking his eyes away from Cassie. "Lets do this like men, let Cassandra go."

Mikael just shook his head "its to late for that." He said. "Your actions have consequences and now you are going to watch as I kill someone you care about in front of your eyes."

"She means nothing to me" Klaus spat.

Cassie's eyes widen even more if that were possible, she thought that maybe just maybe Mikael was telling the truth about the whole falling in love thing.

Faye just cackled, "don't play games with us" she sneered, "we know that you had to love this tramp in order for the multiplier to work."

"You keep trying to play games" Mikael said "but honestly with this lying, it's only going to hurt you worse."

"Then hurt me fine, but leave her alone" Klaus almost pleaded with the man. "What have I ever done to you for you to make it your life mission to destroy me?"

"There are a lot of things" Mikael said "you ripping my wife's heart, you being a bastard."

"There was nothing I can do about that" Klaus said "you're punishing me for ester's mistakes."

"A mistake she regrets I guarantee that," Mikael said.

Cassie made a noise as Mikael tightened his grip around her throat.

Klaus doubled his efforts in vain but just seeing her small frame in that position made his dead heart race.

"So this is your plan?" Klaus asked. "Kill the women I love in front of me and then kill me?"

Mikael smirked "no, you see being dead gave me time to think. I have gathered the only white oak on the plant and hidden it away."

Cassie saw black spots appear in her vision as she struggled to get air into her lungs.

"Because you see I'm not going to kill this girl and then kill you," Mikael continued his evil monologue. "Death would be to kind, I'm going to kill her and then let you live for all eternity knowing that you destroyed a family and a young girl's life by just falling in love with her."

"NO!" Klaus yelled.

Alaric and Rebecca heard the shouting and started to run to the noise.

Cassie heard what he said and started pulling and fighting as much as she could against his arm.

"You're a monster" Klaus spat "you are no better then me, killing a innocent girl."

"She and her family were warned of her demises" Mikael said, "they chose not to listen."

"You can't kill her" Klaus begged, "she is one of the five, you will have the hunters curse."

Mikael didn't listen to him though "the hunters curse will not take long for me to defeat, it will be like taking care of a bug bite."

Klaus was still struggling tears pouring down his face at seeing Cassie pale and watch her fighting slow down.

"Just do it" Faye shouted.

"I'm going to kill you" Klaus roared "all of you."

"You may kill us," Mikael countered. "But we will destroy you"

"I am going to make sure it hurts" Klaus continued on. "The pain will be unbearable."

"For us the pain will be over" Mikael said " but for you pain ever lasting"

And with those words Mikael took his hold on Cassie.

And snapped her neck.

"NO!" Klaus screamed as her lifeless body fell before him.

AN: WHAT?!

i know what happened... do you?

two points to the person who figures it out (and since its the last challenged since no one has been able to guess nay plot points you would be the winner!) and a callout in the last chapter!

Disclaimer: i do not own Vampire Diaries or we would know what the point of April is.