The next few days were uneventful.
Everyday, Klaus would pick up Veronica up from school with Taser and the three of them would go for a walk in the park or in town. The puppy was well behaved and he never attacked other dogs or people. He only growled once and they had been crossing Elena. Veronica figured Taser could sense the bad vibes and reacted in prevention to protect her masters.
Elena was working on her temper and was slowly getting back to someone closer to the girl she used to be while her friends were slowly coming back to her, even if they noticed that she still acted a little selfishly and tried to manipulate people… It seemed that this new trait wouldn't leave her anytime soon, no matter how hard people tried to make her change.
She even tried to get back to dating Stefan but the young vampire wasn't having any of it. He told her clearly that had had grown tired of her mood swings and manipulation and that he had fallen out of love with him.
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Now, the full moon had finally arrived and had everyone was very excited about it.
Bonnie had everything ready for the ritual and they had decided they would hold it in the Mickealson's backyard to ensure that nothing would interfere with it. They didn't need the extra energy of the witch burning place so the privacy that the wide back yard could provide was more than welcome.
Lilly couldn't hold back her excitement and she made it know to the only people who could see her all the time. She had kept Jeremy up for the past week by talking to him all night long and the young Gilbert couldn't wait to finally not be the only one beside Veronica who could see her… The only good side of this was that Lilly had actually given him good advices to get Bonnie to give him another chance.
"Are you sure you can do this without hurting yourself Bonnie?" Elijah asked the girl, ignoring his hybrid brother's looks and trying to forget their previous discussion about his potential feelings.
"Don't worry, it will be fine! I'll use the power from the necklace to do everything and I'll barely touch my own powers!" she replied with a smile.
"Good!" Elijah replied with a smile as Jeremy walked into the back yard looking not only tired but annoyed as well.
"Lilly for God sake I know you're excited about this, believe it or not, so am I because I'll finally be rid of you! But please, please, could you annoy someone else for once? Hold the necklace and play with Kol or something!" Jeremy snapped as everyone chuckled and Taser ran toward the ghost with one of her chewy toys.
"You're no fun anymore…" Lilly told Jeremy, before she went to chat with Veronica who was throwing Taser's toy.
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As the full moon rose in the sky, Lilly held the necklace with Bonnie while they were surrounded by lots of candles. Veronica held Taser in her arms so he didn't spoil the ritual while Klaus had his arms around her waist and his chin on her shoulder. Kol, Finn, Sage, Elijah, Rebekah, Weevil and Jeremy stood around, not too far along with Damon, Tyler, Caroline and Stefan who were curious about the outcome of everything.
Everyone was tensed when Bonnie started chanting with her eyes tightly closed.
In front of her there was a bowl with some special herbs and Elijah's blood. Indeed, the original had been chosen to sire Lilly into a vampire, mainly because he was the eldest and the most responsible one. He could easily turn into a big brother or even a father figure to the future vampire and let's admit it, Lilly would need someone to tone her down a bit.
After a few minutes, the flames started to grow taller and taller until they reached a height as high as Lilly and Bonnie were. They could all see the change happening as Lilly seemed to slowly shift from a ghost to a human.
They knew she had to move fast or she would die all over again. With one hand, Bonnie handed Lilly the bowl and the blond cheerleader eagerly drank from it.
"Is it me or is the necklace starting to look smaller?" Damon asked.
"Loosing its magic is making it nothing less than a simple very old silver necklace… It's loosing a lot and I wouldn't be surprised if it ended up breaking at some point!" Finn explained.
Lilly was feeling stronger after she drank and she could actually feel the changes happening. It had started with something small like the cool night air on her skin and slowly she could feel herself human again. After she drank from the bowl though, she realised that she could see better, hear better and she felt herself being stronger.
Lilly was still holding the necklace, thinking about everything she felt change in her when Bonnie let go of the necklace and said:
"It's done, the necklace is empty and the connection it gave to the other side is closed." Bonnie said.
"That's great! I thought it would be longer!" Veronica said as ran into her best friend's arms, followed by everyone, her puppy still in her arms.
"I used the exceeding energy to invite a special guest for the night…" Bonnie said, making everyone look up to her.
She walked out of the circle of candles, motioning for everyone to follow her out.
"What? Who…" Veronica started to say as the flames flared up and they all found themselves facing someone they weren't expecting to see right away… Especially not Klaus… he wasn't ready for this yet!
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