A/N: So, chibichibi98 was curious if Andy would be leaving with Stefan and Klaus, and the answer is that I'm not so sure. I know that it would sort of speed up(not to much, though) the relationship between Klaus and Andy, while her relationship with Damon and hers with Elena would obviously be pushed back, which, personally, I would be completely fine with! But I gotta ask you ask you all, DO YOU WANT ANDY TO GO WITH KLAUS AND STEFAN? Or… stay with with sister in Mystic Falls? Majority wins! Maybe….

Poison & Wine - Chapter XV

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I downed the bottle within a minute and threw it as hard as I could against a wall. I turned up the music as loud as I could and danced around as I started on another bottle.

"Andy!" Jenna called, busting into my room, turning down my music. Her eyes had red rings from crying around them. I saw Elena and Jeremy in the doorway.

"What are you doing?!" I demanded, my blood boiling.

"What are you drinking?" She tried taking the bottle from me but I pulled it back.

"I'm being a normal teenager, Jenna! Just like Elena decided to be instead of coming to family night," I took a huge swig from the bottle. She snatched it away, I lunged for it. "Give it back, it's mine!"

"No, Andy, you're not doing this—"

The bottle was dropped to the ground and shattered. I screamed in a rage and begun shredding everything in my path.

"Andy!" Jenna tried grabbing onto me but I shoved her away.

"Everyone needs to stop telling me what to do!" I screamed, throwing a picture frame across the room. "I'll make my own decisions! I don't need parents!"

Jenna managed to get her arms around me and hugged me. We sunk to the ground as she whispered calming words that did nothing for me. I heard Elena crying from the doorway but I stared numbly at the glass on the floor around me.

I woke up with the familiar feeling of the loneliness.

Moving to stretch, I saw I was in an unfamiliar room. Yes I realized that I was in the unfamiliar apartment of Jonas last night, but this was most certainly not where I fell asleep at.

My mind began racing with possibilities. The only plausible one was that Klaus had something do with this, but his target was Elena, not me. Still, it was a possibility. He could use me as leverage against Elena.

I got up, still in my hippy costume, and walked out of the bedroom which was actually pretty boring. I walked down the short hallway, ending up in a loft. I saw Alaric leaning over Elena. I didn't hesitate in questioning.

"Where am I, Ric?" I asked, moving my hair out of my face. "How did you find me?"

Alaric smiled at me and stood up straighter. He took a couple of steps towards me. "Hello. Glad you could join us, Andrea."

"It's Andy, first of all," I said, inching around him to where I'd be closest to the door. Something wasn't right. "What's up with Ric, Elena? Why is he—" I stopped mid-sentence, noticing Elena's curly hair and ring that was like Damon's. This wasn't my sister. This was Katherine. Then what was up with Alaric? "What's going on, Ric?" I repeated, looking up at him.

"Let me help you out a bit, love," He said and I stared at him in shock. "I'm not Alaric." I stared, puzzled, at him. Not Alaric? But, how? And who was he? He sighed and held his arms out like he was showing off. "I'm the one you weren't very impressed with, remember, darling?"

It took me a moment, I don't know how, but I realized this was Klaus. But how was this possible? How was he in Alaric's body? "You're a liar," I spat. "This isn't funny, Ric!"

"Elena thought it impossible, too… And yet…"

Anger flowed right through my veins. "What did you do to her?!" I demanded. He simply smirked at me, just like Damon would've. I was angry that this vampire wanted to sacrifice my sister and had kidnapped me. I was done being scared of vampires. I walked up to him and punched him right in the chin. I repeated, "What did you do to her?!"

He grabbed ahold of my wrists and forcibly held me in place, looking angry but also distracted. She had straight hair, and softer eyes." He grabbed my chin and tilted to get a better look at my face. But this meeting wasn't like the one with Elijah; I didn't like him touching me so I slapped his hand away. "She was also respectful and knew when to keep to yourself."

I assumed he was speaking of Anastasia, which was a painful reminder of Elijah. I wrapped his coat around me tighter. "I'm not her and I don't take orders from the likes of you," I spat, looking at him and only seeing Alaric still despite knowing better. "You should realize that." I said before heading towards the door.

"Where are you going?"

"Home," I called over my shoulder. "I think I've had enough of this."

I was grabbed and he turned me towards him. He leaned down and made sure our eyes stayed connected. "You will not leave until I tell you to."

"I won't leave until you tell me to," I said in a monotone voice. I stared at him in shock. I reached down to see if my vervain bracelet from Damon was on but found it was gone. I had given it back to Damon. "Let go of me!" I spat at him, beyond pissed.

"You smell of Elijah," He looked down at my coat and picked up the sleeve along with my arm. "His, I can only assume?"

"Yes," I stepped back from him, yanking the sleeve away. "And I already like him much more than I do you!"

"That's because you haven't seen the true Elijah," He chuckled, going in the kitchen. "Are you hungry?" I ignored him and went over to the door. I looked at Katherine who stared back at me. "Hmm, quite a temper for a girl," He said as he begun preparing something. "Did Elijah ever see it?"

I continued to ignore him. I'm not going to converse with him.

"Did Elijah ever make his past known?" He asked and continued on when I didn't answer. "I bet he didn't tell you that there was a time he would kill anyone for me, without question more often than not."

"Maybe it was blind sibling love." I muttered, brushing back my hair.

"Heh, perhaps," He chuckled.

"He and I were honest with one another for your information," I looked over at him with distaste. "And I like him so much more than I am you."

"Most do, but I prefer being feared then loved."

"And that's why you're alone," I pointed out. "Why Elijah left you even though you are brothers and why Elijah was ready to kill you. Elijah's much more civil than you and knows how to properly interact with people."

He shrugged. "But that makes him very boring now, doesn't it, love?"

I rolled my eyes and turned toward the door. We all stood in silence for a moment before I spoke up. "Whatever happened between the two of you?" I asked, looking at the wooden floor.

"You two were honest with one another, weren't you?" He asked mockingly and I scowled as he continued. "Well, I suppose the thing that broke the relationship between us was when we met Katerina. At the time he was all for killing Katerina, that was, until he saw her sister. Then he no longer cared about my sacrifice, only for the well-being of… what was her name again, Katerina?" He glanced over at Katherine.

"Emmeline." Katherine answered sullenly.

"She, unfortunately, looked like you, and strongly believed she could sway my mind when Elijah spoiled everything by letting information of the sacrifice slip," Alari-Klaus walked over to me with a glass and plate. "And she came to me, asking – pleading – for me not to, that she would do anything. So, I bedded her, and she was very willing – she was the one who initiated it. But, evidently, she had planned to seduce me to give Katerina a chance to escape. Of course I killed her once I found out she had for. It was a noble death; she died to save her sister and didn't even try to escape, facing death like a true warrior. However, afterwards Elijah couldn't stand being in the same room with me… and that was the turning point in our relationship."

"You don't like being outsmarted, huh?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Never happens, love, so what is there to hate?" He smirked and I rolled my eyes, turning away from him. "Why don't you come eat? You must be hungry."

"Nope," I popped the 'p' and I crossed my arms.

"Do I need you to compel you?" He asked, but I ignored him, and continued staring away. He sat down the food and grabbed my chin. "You're going to eat this food, okay?"

He hadn't compelled me yet, though. "I'm a vegan," I lied to anger him. "You do know what that is, don't you, love?"

He stared at me a moment before chuckling. "You really weren't kidding, were you? About not being afraid of me… Hmph. Well, just ask Katerina what happened when she and Emmeline decided she was not afraid of me. Go on, Katerina."

Klaus and I stared hard at one another while Katherine spoke up. It was weird, just seeing Alaric's eyes instead of the blue eyes I'd anticipated.

"He slaughtered my family."

We stared one another down before I finally spoke up. "I'm not afraid of you, Klaus, because I've been to hell and back. I'm not afraid of you because I fear nothing. I don't like vampires, or even werewolves. The only vampire I fear is daggered and his name is Elijah. I'll start fearing again when he's around considering I'm the one who plunged it through his chest." I walked into the bedroom and slammed the door shut, locking it and leaning against it.

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I didn't come back out until Katherine reassured me that he was gone. I tried to open the front door to leave, but couldn't. It was like a barrier preventing me. "Ugh!" I kicked the door in frustration. I pouted as I headed back to the room to lock myself in there.

"So you and Elijah, huh?"

I stopped, slowly turning toward her. "What… What is that supposed to mean?"

"Didn't you have a thing with Damon?" She raised an eyebrow at me, and it slightly freaked me out, the similarity in looks between Elena and her, I mean. I can't even imagine if I had to ever meet my doppelgangers.

"Wow, you've been gone for quite some time," I shook my head. "Damon and I haven't been on good terms for a while now."

"Hmm, so you turn to Elijah? Wasn't he trying to kill Elena?"

"Allegedly," I pointed out. "I don't trust what anyone else has to say about that. If he was, I'd what to hear it from him."

"Well, too bad you can't."

I stayed quiet for a moment before looking up at her. "Did you ever... feel something for him? Back when you were human?"

"Eh," She shrugged. "Like Klaus said, it was my sister he was interested in Emmeline, and I was… interested in Klaus."

"How serious were they?" I questioned with wide eyes.

"I don't know. Emmeline wasn't the most open person after leaving our home of Bulgaria with me," Kathrine poured a glass of alcohol and held the bottle out to me. "Want some?"

"No, thanks. I don't drink." I shook my head and quickly looked away from the tempting glass.

"All I know is that Klaus seriously did not like it. She showed no interest in him whatsoever because she knew I was interested in him. This only made him angrier when we caught Elijah and her about to profess their love for one another, that's when he separated them. And Elijah being the fool he was for his brother allowed the separation to happen." She looked distant for a moment as she explained this. "She was heartbroken and somehow she found Elijah and he revealed to her what Klaus was planning to do with me," She sighed. "Using me to break his hybrid curse."

"What? Hybrid curse? I thought—"

"No, the Sun and Moon curse was made so the doppelganger and the moonstone could be found easily. Elijah didn't reveal that little part, hmm?"

Before I could answer, she hushed me, like someone was coming. In a few seconds, there was a knock and a voice that I wished was Klaus' instead. "Alaric, are you home? Andie Starr, Jenna's friend," Andie said, and I glared at the door. Seriously? It had to be her of all people?

Katherine tried to open the door but she couldn't even touch the doorknob. The door swung open. "Thank God," Katherine said.

Andie waltzed in and paid no mind to me as she looked Katherine over. "Wow! You were right. She looks exactly like Elena," Andie said. I looked back to see Damon at the door. My heart dropped, and I looked down.

"Yep," He said and I felt his eyes look at me but then immediately leave me for Katherine. "Thought you might be dead."

"Unfortunately not," Katherine sarcastically stated.

"Are you okay, Andy?" Damon finally acknowledged me.

I looked up at him, clenching my fists. "Considering that I was left in here to play twisted house with Klaus, I would guess I'm pretty okay."

"We didn't leave you here—" He argued, but Katherine interrupted.

"What are exactly are you doing here?"

"We are here to rescue you." Andie answered, stopping in front of her.

"No, sweetie. We are here to see if she deserves to be rescued." Damon corrected.

"Right," She nodded, turning toward me.

"I figured you, Katherine, still might be kicking. Alari-Klaus was blending way too easily. Figured he probably had some coaching," He explained, then he held out a phial.

"Is that…?" Katherine and I both asked at the same time.

"Vervain? Your salvation," He smirked at me, but I ignored it.

"It's not going to undo anything," Katherine said.

"There's always a loophole. Did he tell you to stay in this apartment until he said it was okay to leave?" Both of us don't answer, and stayed silent. "You can't say. Did he tell you to do absolutely everything he says until the end of time?" He asked.

"No," We both answered.

"There's your loophole. Drink this and it'll prevent any further compulsion," He said. She came closer to take it but he didn't give it to her.

"Give it to me." She demanded.

"Answer one question first. You double-crossed us with Isobel, why?"

"I didn't think you could stand a chance against Klaus, so I was looking out for myself." She answered nonchalantly.

"And where did that get you? Here, give Andy some," He said, tossing her the phial. "Be careful with that. If he finds out you have that, both of you are never getting out of here."

She drank some and coughed before passing it to me.

"You owe me. And I will collect." Damon told her as I took a sip of the vervain. I handed it back to her. "Please be careful, Andy."

I looked up at him. "I can handle myself, Damon. I'm stronger than you think."

He looked at Andie. "Come on." He walked off without another word. A part of me was extremely upset that he hadn't tried more to get me out of here. Couldn't Bonnie do something? Did they not care I was being held hostage by Klaus and could be easily used against Elena as leverage?

"Nice to meet you," She told Katherine. "Nice to see you again, Andy." She closed the door behind her. I exhaled as I sat on the couch and felt my stomach churn. Damon had come to give Katherine the vervain, hadn't he? He didn't expect me to be here, which is why he only brought one phial. Where had they thought I'd gone then?

Suddenly, music is blasting throughout the apartment, and Katherine began drinking and dancing. She came over and pulled me from the couch. I stood there awkwardly a moment before dancing along with her. I decided to let loose and just do whatever, accept for drinking, of course. Suddenly, in mid-dance, Katherine sped over to me and yanked me down on the couch beside her. Klaus/Alaric entered, looking angry.

"You mind turning that down?" He growled. Katherine instantly got up and turned down the music.

"Why so grumpy?" She asked.

"Well, this body has outlived its usefulness," He grumbled.

"Do you want a drink?"

"No, Katerina, I don't want a drink."

"Come on. It might loosen you up." She held the bottle out for him.

He took the bottle and threw it against the wall, and I held back a flinch. He started to compel her. "What I want is for you to sit down and shut up," He ordered.

"You… didn't kill Alaric did you?" I asked, not realizing before now he could have easily.

"No, your precious history teacher is fine, other than the sore jaw he'll have from your punch."

I breathed a sigh of relief, putting my head in my hands. I can't even imagine loosing Ric ever, nor do I want to.

I felt Kather sit back down on the couch next to me. I looked up to see Klaus staring at me with an undecipherable expression. He continued staring for a moment, about to say something but a man arrived, cutting him off.

"Maddox—" Alaric/Klaus said, standing. "—what took you so long?"

"You've got a lot of luggage." The man, Maddox, answered. Two men entered with luggage, and then a girl who looked slightly familiar, but I couldn't place her face.

"Greta. Finally." Alaric/Klaus said.

"Hello, love," She smiled at him. "Nice body. Ready to get out of it?" Two other men entered with a giant box. It hit me who she was from the conversation with Elijah.

"Your Jonas' daughter, aren't you?" I asked before I could stop myself, sitting up from the couch.

She looked at Klaus then back to me. "Yes," She answered, almost reluctantly.

I had to look away, my heart heavy. I bit my lip and held my breath, trying to control my emotions. But, all I wanted to do was run into the room and lock the door, but Katherine's grip on my wrist prevented me.

Things were set up and I watched the men as they set up. I saw the cloudy look in their eyes. "They've been compelled," I realized aloud, a bit in shock at the sight. Yes, I had been compelled by Elijah and Klaus now, but it truly hit me that it was a terrible thing. They were mindless slaves.

"Yes, love, for the greater good." Alaric/Klaus smiled over at me.

I glared over at him. "Too priss to do your own bidding?"

His smile fell and he glared back at me. "You should be kind to me. I hold your life in my hands."

"Go ahead, it'll be better than being stuck in here with you." I retorted, turning my back toward him. I half expected to get hit but nothing ever came and I was secretly glad of it.

Once they were all set up, Maddox and Greta begun casting a spell, candles lit all around them. Klaus/Alaric stood next to the box. I grabbed onto Katherine's hand almost absentmindedly. Suddenly, they stopped and looked over at Klaus/Alaric.

Ric opened his eyes and looked at Katherine and I in confusion. "Elena? Andy?"

"Alaric!" I called out, seeing the change in his eyes. He collapsed on the ground, and I tried to move to help him, but Katherine stopped me.

Maddox moved over and opened the box. My heart accelerated when I saw the blue eyes come into view as they stepped out from the box. The man looked down at Alaric and smiled before looking up at Katherine and I.

"Now that's more like it," He said, his voice as smooth as I'd imagined, as smooth as I had heard in my dreams. I knew exactly who this was, despite the different haircut.

This was Klaus.

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The End of Chapter XV

~ The Onceler's Unless