One and Only
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Characters etc belong to L.J. Smith and the Production of the TV Show "Vampire Diaries"
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Here's the Fifth Chapter of O&O!
Time for Cassie's decision:)
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Chapter 5
Powerless
Cassie
"No way! I'm not gonna let you do that, Cas!" Elena exclaims, almost crying. I look around the room, see everyone's faces. I can already see that they are divided into two groups. The first, including Elena, Jenna, Jeremy, Caroline and Bonnie, wants me to stay away from everything and to not accept Klaus' offer. The second, including Damon, Stefan and Alaric, support my own decision to go to Klaus. My strongest supporter is Damon, who I thought had a very low opinion of me (from the moment he found out about my former relationship with Klaus), but has started to look at me very differently. I see both Salvatore brothers love my little sister very much and that's exactly why they'd preferred me to 'distract' the Big Bad Original while they'd take Elena far, far away from here.
"It's not such sacrifice from her part, after all" Damon tries to rationalize the situation and seeing his smirk and knowing exactly what he means makes me roll my eyes.
"Thank you, Damon, but you're not helping." I snap at him.
Thinking about Klaus's deal took me all previous day and night. Now I have only two hours before the deadline. I've decided this morning, when I saw how happy Elena has been with Stefan during breakfast. When I told them all about it, the discussion and the fight begun.
Then Elijah enters the parlour, where we're all crowded. The Other Original, as I like to call him in my mind, doesn't remain me of his brother at all. He's also very handsome and has a beautiful smile. And that wonderful accent! When I first saw him, I started to regret why I couldn't fall for the better brother. I knew already that it couldn't happen. My heart didn't start to flutter nor did my legs become jelly when we were introduced. I guess I'm doomed to be in love in the Worst Guy We Ever Known. And that's also a reason why I decided do consider Klaus' offer.
"Dear Cassandra…" Elijah walks to me and kisses my hand politely. He sends me a concerned look. "I've heard my brother made you… a peculiar offer. Can we talk about it in private?"
I nod and follow him to the backyard of the boarding house. Finally he stops and waits for me to respond his question.
I smile at him gently. "That's true, Elijah. Klaus made me an offer and I decided to accept it for my sister's sake."
He doesn't look happy about it. At all. "And I'm here to ask you to not to."
I raise both my eyebrows, surprised. "Why? It would solve many of your problems, after all."
He shakes his head. "That's true, but it wouldn't solve the major one. I need my brother dead."
"But why?" I'm confused. Klaus is his brother after all! I know he's a monster, but a part of me still loves the good side of him. The good side that I guess only few people know, but I've seen it. And above that, I'm older sister too and I just can't imagine I could let my siblings die if I could help it.
"I cannot explain this to you, Cassandra." Elijah looks very sad. Still, I like the way my full name sounds when he's pronouncing it. Nik, well, Klaus, a few times when he talked to me, using my full name, pronounced even better…
No, no, no! I'm not going to think about that now!
Elijah continues: "I am very sorry, but I have to do that."
OK, now I don't understand anything. And I'm supposed to be the smart one. Great.
"Do what?" I ask and then I look him in the eyes. His pupils are suddenly dilating and I can't make myself look in different direction.
"Your family does not need another sacrifice. You will refuse Klaus' offer. You will go to your own home and wait there till he comes to pick up Elena for the ritual and you will let it happen. And you won't tell your family nor your friends that we've talked about that."
I want to retort him, to tell him that hell no, I'm not going to do that. But I can't. I can only stand there and listen to him. At the beginning I don't understand why it's happening to me. Why I don't have any control over my body?
Then I remember. Elena told me about compulsion and even gave me a bracelet with vervain in it, to protect myself. Today, when I was still confused and not sure what to do with Klaus' deal, I forgot to put it on! That's what Elijah is doing! He's compelling me!
The worst curses are just running through my mind that moment. How could I be so stupid?!
One hour later I'm driving Jenna's car through the main road that leads to our house. I had told the others that I have to think about Klaus's offer alone. Elijah's supposed to tell them everything after the time that Klaus gave me for decision is up.
This time I'm cursing out loud, especially angry at myself. I couldn't do anything to protect my family! And why? Only because I forgot to put on my bracelet today and that let Elijah used it against me! I can see now that I would rather be unfortunately bonded to Klaus for eternity, still having my free will, than be so useless, powerless.
I'm not going to put off my bracelet EVER AGAIN!
Klaus
Klaus is pacing Alaric's loft impatiently. Waiting for Cassie to show up makes him angry enough to torture Katherine even more than before. He's worried that she'd come and then he would have to make what he promised and postpone the ritual. Finally, the time's up. She's not here.
There is a part of him that really wanted her to come willingly. This is that human part, that he's always kept hidden from everyone. Only with Cassie he was able to reveal some of his humanity. From the moment he laid his eyes on her a year ago he knew that she'd become his greatest weakness, but also the only light in his entire, always filled with darkness existence.
Only this vampire-animal part of him is happy that he can enter the phase two of his plan. The truth is that, just as he said, he's going to get her back one way or another.
Cassie
The next day
I'm pacing back and forth our living room. I'm getting more furious with any passing minute. When this compulsion finally stops?! Then, my phone rings. I see the name on the screen. It's Stefan.
"Stefan, what's happening there?" I ask, dying of curiosity and waiting for my compulsion to end.
"Cassie…" I hear his voice breaking. "Klaus was here. He took Elena." My heart is breaking right now. Why, oh why I couldn't help my own sister? Why I couldn't protect her from that?! "But that's not all." He adds.
"What do you mean 'that's not all'?" I ask, worried even more than I was a moment before.
"He took Jenna. He wants her to be his vampire in the sacrifice."
The phone slips out of my hands. Five minutes later I'm on my way to Alaric Saltzman's loft. Maybe I couldn't stop Klaus from taking Elena, but I'm not letting him kill Jenna too!
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