Chapter 10

Elena, Jeremy and I arrived at a special screening of Gone with the Wind

Elena puts a layer of fog on the ground.

"You brought me to see a girl movie." Jeremy scoffed.

"We had to get out of the house, Jer. This is our 3-hour distraction from reality." Elena answered.

"Is that what we're doing? Pretending like our lives aren't screwed?" Jeremy asked hurt.

"We need to do this, ok? Breathe, eat, sleep, wake up, and do it all over again until one day, it's just not as hard anymore." I replied as I sat down.

Caroline arrives with a basket.

"Hey! There you guys are. Who's hungry?" She asked as she sat down next to Elena.

"Are we really doing this?" Jeremy whined.

Caroline nodded. "Yes, we are really doing this. We are going to take a page from Scarlett. We made it through the war. I know you guys went through hell, and my mom knows I am a vampire, so basically it's like Atlanta has burned. And yet, in spite of everything, we persevere."

"All right." Jeremy chuckled as he sat next to us. "What are we eating?"

"Something good." Caroline replied as she opened the basket.

Stefan rejoins Jeremy, Caroline, Elena and I. "Hey."

"Hey!", Elena greeted, "Look who couldn't resist an epic romance."

"Will you come take a walk with me?" Stefan asked her carefully.

She gets up and leaves with him.

Elena came back to us and she looked shaken.

"Is everything okay, twin?" I asked as I got up.

"No," she replied shakily, "Tyler bit Damon."

"Oh my god!" I said as I put an arm around her shoulder, "Is there something we can do?"

"I don't know," she shook her head, "Stefan went to talk to Klaus."

"He what?!" Caroline shrieked as she got up with Jeremy.

"I told him not to go," Elena paced back and forth, "It's dangerous. But maybe… Maybe Klaus knows of some cure."

I nodded trying to give her hope. "Yeah, Damon will be fine."

"I'm gonna go see him." My twin replied before leaving.

Bonnie had now joined us.

"All this waiting around for news is ruining Scarlett for me." Caroline pouted.

Jeremy's phone rings and he answers. "Alaric. Hey."

"Tell me you're with Elena." Alaric's voice came through the speaker.

"She went to go see Damon. I thought that's where you were?" Jeremy questioned.

"No, he just escaped. I think he's looking for her, and the cops are after him. Listen, he's in bad shape, Jeremy, so if you find her, get her somewhere safe, ok? I'm on my way." Alaric hung up.

"If Damon is off the rails, there is nothing you can do to stop him. Let us take care of it." Bonnie tells Jeremy and I.

"You keep doing this. You left me behind before, and guess what Jenna still died. Now I'm going to find my sister. You go ahead and you try to stop me." Jeremy told her and I nodded in agreement.

Bonnie, Caroline and I walked inside the grill to meet Jeremy and Damon.

The first thing I saw, was my brother lying on the floor… dead.

"Jeremy!" I gasped as I ran to him with Bonnie and Caroline.

"Mom," Care said to Liz, "What did you do?"

"I was aiming for Damon." Sheriff Forbes said shakily.

"He still has his ring." Caroline informed.

Bonnie shook her head. "She's human. The ring won't work on him. Caroline…"

The blonde nodded. "I got it, "Caroline bit into her wrist and put it in Jeremy's mouth, "Come on, Jeremy. Just drink. Go on, Jeremy. Drink."

"What are you doing?" Liz asked.

"I'm helping him. Jeremy, drink. Please. Please. Please." Caroline begged but he didn't drink because he was dead, it poured down his cheek showing that he hadn't swallowed the crimson liquid that would normally save him.

I started crying.

"Bonnie, what's going on?" Alaric asked as he walked in the room to see Jeremy on the floor "Oh my God."

"I know what I need to do." Bonnie sobbed as she looked at the history teacher "I need you to grab him. T-take him with us."

"No. You can't move him. This is a crime scene." Liz whimpered.

"Mom, you let them go." Caroline ordered.

"Alright, come here, buddy. I got you. I got you." Alaric whispered as he stood Jeremy's limp body up.

Bonnie, Alaric and I were down in the basement of the abandoned witch house.

Jeremy was still dead on the floor as the witch finished lighting the candles.

"Is this even possible?" Alaric asked.

"There's a spell for it if they'll give me the power to use it." Bonnie whispered as Jeremy's head was laying on her lap, the voices of ancestors and witches begin to whisper as she began to cast the spell "No."

"What? What is it?" I asked frantically.

"They're angry at me for coming back here. They don't wanna help." Bonnie sobbed.

"Well, they have to!" I yelled.

"They said there'll be consequences." Bonnie repeated what she could hear.

"Well, he's just a kid. Tell 'em to shut up!" Alaric growled as the witch continued casting her spell, blood tricked from her nose and she sobbed again.

"Emily. Emily! I know you're here." She called out her ancestors name "Please help me. I love him."

The room fell deathly silently and Bonnie screamed hugging Jeremy closely when suddenly his eyes opened and he stared up at her. "Oh my God."

"Bonnie?" Jeremy whispered.

I ran to him and hugged him. "Oh my God. Jeremy!"

"What happened?" Jeremy rasped.

"Doesn't matter. You're ok. You're ok." I assured him.

"Thank you." Bonnie said to the spirits.

I was home now, and I heard the door opening.

Elena came inside. "Hey."

"Hey, how's Damon?" I asked as she sat next to me in the couch.

"He's okay.", she replied, but there was something about her voice that seemed sad, "Katherine brought him the cure."

"What's the cure?" I asked.

"Klaus' blood."

"You sound sad, twin," I stated grabbing her hands, "What happened?"

"Stefan left town with Klaus. It was the only way he would give us the cure." she whispered close to tears.

"Come here," I said as I hugged her, "We'll get him back."

Kol's POV

New York

I sighed taking a sip of my drink.

I was currently sitting at a bar.

Loud music was playing as the annoying teenagers danced around the dancefloor.

I still can't believe Klara is gone.

When she left, I thought that letting her go was the best thing, but damn I was wrong.

I miss her.

But she hates me and I'll probably never see her again.

I sighed downing my drink as I felt a familiar presence beside me.

I smirked turning to him. "Hello, Nik."

Niklaus smirked back at me, and I noticed that he was with someone.

Stefan Salvatore.

"Little brother, you look depressed." Nik grinned.

I sighed looking away from him. "I'm not in the mood, brother. Why are you here?"

His eyes hardened. "I think you already know the answer."

In one quick move, he grabbed a dagger from his jacket.

I knew this was coming.

I felt the dagger piercing my heart and my entire world went black.