Conversing with the Enemy:
Beth knocked on the door to the Salvatore house. Damon wanted to talk to her before she had to go to school. Damon opened it and let her inside. She heard a familiar voice as they walked into the living room. It was Rose. Before she could say anything, Elena gave her a look, saying she was okay. Beth knew Damon and Stefan wouldn't have let her in if they thought she was dangerous. She sat down next to her on the couch as Rose continued to talk. "Okay, you have to understand I only know what I've picked up over the years and I don't know what's true and what's not true. It's the problem with all this vampire crap but Klaus, I know he's real." She said seriously.
"Who is he?" Elena asked.
"He's one of the originals, he's a legend." Damon answered.
"From the first generation of vampires." Stefan added.
"Like Elijah?" Beth asked.
"No. Elijah was the Easter bunny compared to Klaus. He's a foot soldier. Klaus is the real deal." She told her seriously. Klaus seemed to really frighten her.
"Why did Elijah want me?" Beth asked her. They all looked to Rose for an answer. Damon promised her he would find out and Rose seemed to be the best way to since she's the one who kidnapped her. Beth wanted to know everything she could. She had a feeling this wasn't completely over with.
"I told you. You're important to him. He used to have a picture of you, okay? That's all I know." Rose told her truthfully. Damon furrowed his brow in confusion. Why would one of the originals know her, let alone have a picture of her?
"Okay, how is this even possible?" Beth asked Rose. She was so incredibly confused and she needed to figure it all out. If Rose knew something, she owed it to her to let her know after all she's been through. Damon was sitting on the arm of the couch next to Beth. He unnoticeably gave her hand a small squeeze. "I'm not a vampire. How can I be here?"
Rose sighed and sat down. "Listen, I don't know if this is completely true or not, but this doesn't really happen. Once a human dies, they stay dead unless they have vampire blood in their system. But, Trevor had a theory that you're a doppelganger but we traced some of your family line, it doesn't make sense. There has been no history or a reason and for their to be doppelgangers in your family."
"You traced her family line?" Damon made a face. "That's kind of creepy. So, we're back to square one? That's so helpful to us." Damon said sarcastically. He was getting as frustrated as Beth.
"Not necessarily. Have you had memories or dreams of the past? Sometimes of people?" Rose asked sitting down. Beth bit her lip. That was weird. Only Damon knew about her dreams and not even all of them. Rose seemed to understand. "Trevor thought that you coming back was a type of witchcraft."
"Whoa, is that even possible?" Stefan asked her
"Is there a spell that can do that?" Elena asked her too. "
"If the witch is powerful enough than possibly yeah but for someone to bring a human back from the dead, that's a lot a power. With just one witch, it could have seriously weakened them or even killed them." Rose informed them. Beth ran a hand through her hair.
"Who would do that, though? And why? Who'd risk their power and their lives for me?" Beth didn't understand. Stefan just smiled at her. He knew that Beth was well loved in 1864; anyone would have tried to save her, Damon included if he knew how. Damon wanted to laugh. He found it amusing how Beth thought so low of herself.
"Don't sell yourself short, El." He winked at her with a rare smile, which she returned. Elena and Stefan couldn't help but smile a little. "So, if we knew who it was that did this, maybe we can find out why."
"Yes but like I said it was just a theory." Rose said.
"Still doesn't explain why Elijah wanted me." Beth muttered.
"He wasn't going to hurt you." Rose assured her. She knew that for sure "Like I said Elijah is less violent than Klaus is."
"Klaus is known to be the oldest." Stefan added, knowingly.
"Okay so you're saying that the oldest vampire in history is coming after me?" Elena asked worried.
"Yes!" Rose said.
"No." Stefan disagreed.
Damon decided to add in his opinion. "What they're saying is, I mean if what's she's saying is true…"
"Which it is!" Rose interjected.
"And you're not saying it so I don't kill you."
"Which I'm not!"
"Then we're looking at a solid maybe." Damon said knowingly.
"Look, Elijah's dead right? So no one else knows you even exist! You either." Stefan added to Beth and she gave him a small smile. She still wasn't sure about that.
"Not that you know of." Rose told them all.
"That's not helping." Damon glared at her. This wasn't making Elena feel any better.
"Look, I've never met anyone who's laid eyes on him. I mean we're talking centuries of truth mixed with fiction." Stefan rationalized. "We don't know if he's real. For all we know he could just be some sort of stupid bedtime story."
Rose sighed. They didn't understand. "He's real and he doesn't give up. If he wants something, he gets it. If you're not afraid of Klaus, then you're an idiot."
Damon rolled his eyes. "All right we're shaking. You've made your point." Elena got up. She heard enough. She needed to find out some answers herself. Beth got up too.
"Where are you going?" Stefan asked them.
"School. I'm late." She said simply.
"Let me grab my stuff, I'll go with you." Stefan said starting to stand up.
"It's okay, I know where it is." Elena told him as she walked away. Beth gave Stefan an apologetic smile before going after her. She walked after her outside. "Beth, I might be a little late to school because I have to do something but please don't tell Stefan."
Beth could see right through her. "I know this is something he probably isn't going to want you to do but after school I'll meet up with you. It's the least I can do since he'd kill me if he found out I let you go alone."
Elena knew there was no point arguing. Beth would just go tell Stefan if she didn't let her. "Okay. I'll text you after school." She promised before getting into her car. Beth mirrored her got into hers.
When Beth got to school she immediately saw Tyler. She got out of the car and called his name. She sure he heard her but he just walked away. She sighed and went inside.
After her last class she headed straight to her locker. She closed it and saw Caroline. She gasped seeing her. "Don't do that!" She said and Caroline hugged her.
"Sorry. How are you? Damon told me everything. Are you okay? Are you hurt?" She asked her concerned. She knew that she wouldn't have come to school if she wasn't but she wanted to make sure. Beth shrugged a bit.
"Yeah, I'll be fine. So did you see Elena today?" She asked her. Caroline's voice dropped into a whisper.
"Yeah she told me to tell you to meet her at the tomb." She said quietly.
"The tomb. You mean….Katherine." Beth realized and Caroline nodded, sadly. "Is she crazy? You know what would happen if Stefan found out?"
"Which is why we have to keep it from him. I have no idea how I'm going to do this. I am a horrible liar!" Caroline complained leaning against the locker next to her.
"You'll be fine. Just distract him but don't let him know you're distracting him." Beth told her trying to be helpful. She saw Tyler and he saw her but he left before she could call out to him. Beth was sick of this; he had been ignoring her all day for no reason. "You'll be okay. I'll see you later." She went after Tyler who kept ignoring her. "Tyler!" She called his name. He sighed and stopped.
He turned looking irritated. "What do you want?" He asked sharply. She scoffed and grabbed him to pull him into an empty classroom.
"What the hell? You've been dodging me all day and you haven't returned any of my messages. Then you just ask me what I want." Beth asked him annoyed. She could see something was up with him. "Is something wrong?" She asked him. Caroline had already told her about him triggering the curse but promised not to let him know she knew because he would want to tell her himself.
"I just don't think we should hang out anymore." He told her shortly.
"What? Why?" She asked him confused. This wasn't like him. "Tyler-"
"I just don't want to. Is it so hard to believe that I actually have other friends that I'd rather hang out with?" He asked her, harshly taking a step forward and she took one back. Beth was taken back by this, she didn't know where this was coming from. Tyler felt a pang of guilt but he didn't want to lose it and hurt her.
"I guess not." She said sadly. She blinked back the tears that threatened to fall. She pushed past him to get to the door and left him there. She passed Caroline in the hallway, she tried to stop her but she kept going. She didn't want to talk about it. Caroline heard everything Tyler had said. She let out a low growl and marched to go give Tyler a piece of her mind.
"Beth!" She heard her name being called when she reached the doors. She turned and smiled, wiping her eyes quickly. It was Matt. "Hey."
"Hey. What's up?" She asked him.
"I just wanted to see if you were okay. You weren't at school yesterday and no one knew where you were. You seem to disappear after the masquerade and you weren't answering your cell." He told her. She remembered she forgot to call him back last night. He noticed she was upset. "Hey, is everything okay?"
"Yeah, I'm so sorry. I forgot to call back. I got really sick yesterday. I could barely open my eyes." She said trying to shrug it off. Matt nodded, she still seemed to be upset to him. He looked at her knowingly. "Tyler and I were just arguing."
"You know he can be an ass most of the time but I'm sure he didn't mean what he said." He assured her. Tyler and him always got into fights about stupid stuff but they always apologized.
"Yeah, maybe." She sighed. "What about you? Are you okay since everything?" She asked talking about the breakup.
"You promise not to go on a ex-boyfriend hating mission with Caroline?" He asked jokingly as they stopped walking and she laughed at him. He smiled at seeing her happy, which was good since she didn't look too good. He was glad he could help at least that much. "I'll be okay. It was hard at first but I think it's better if we just stayed friends."
"I understand. Sometimes relationships are complicated." She agreed. She didn't want her say in it since she knew Caroline still had feelings for him and she didn't want to mess anything up. The bell rang.
"All right but you still don't look so take it easy." He said
Beth stalked off to her car but was stopped by a familiar voice. "Beth!" She turned around it was Jeremy, running up towards her. He looked concerned seeing her. "Hey, are you okay? Something happen?" He asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just Tyler being a dick as always." She tried to joke. "What's up?"
Jeremy was still a bit worried but he knew she didn't want to talk about it right now. "I just wanted to see if you were okay. Since, you know." He whispered. He meant the kidnapping.
"Yeah. I'm totally fine." She assured him. He knew he was wondering the same thing Damon was when he asked why she couldn't find a way to get out of there. "I was too exhausted to do anything get us out but Damon and Stefan came for us."
"Right, yeah. You should be careful with that stuff." He warned her. He already saw what it could do to Bonnie, he didn't want the same thing to happen to her. "I know that can't be good for you." Right on cue the pain in her side started hurting again. She clenched her teeth from the pain. "So, I was wondering if you wanted to come to the grill to hang out with Bonnie and I?" He asked.
"I actually have to go do something." She said apologetically. "You and Bonnie, huh?" She smirked at him.
He smiled. "I don't know what you mean." She just smirked again. "Maybe later?" He asked her. She looked upset and he didn't want her to be alone.
"Yeah sure. Text me." She got in her car and threw her bag in the passenger seat. Jeremy waved as she took off out of the parking lot. Beth drove as close to the church ruins as she could and walked the rest of the way there. She climbed down the stairs to see Elena on the floor with a book and a bottle of blood with her doppelganger sitting inside the tomb.
"Come to join that party, Elizabeth?" Katherine asked sarcastically as saw Beth come in closer. "We're just having a bit of girl talk."
"No one knows you're here right?" Elena asked her and she nodded. She thought that it was stupid being down here by herself but she knew why. She needed answers. "So like you were saying. You're father took away your baby and banished you to England where you met Klaus. And then you ran from him with Trevor's help."
"Why? What did he want?" Beth asked her. Katherine narrowed her eyes at the girl. She was just as bold as ever. She turned to Elena.
"The same thing he'll want from you. He wants to break the curse." She informed her. Beth understood. It had something to do with their ancestry line.
"By sacrificing the Petrova doppelganger." Elena said.
Katherine nodded. "He wanted to drain every single drop of blood from my body." Elena tapped Beth and she passed her the bottle of blood that was next to her leg. She poured a little in a glass and used a stick to push it over the threshold. She was looking better than before. Beth sat down next to Elena closer to Katherine though and she smirked. "Just as brave as before, Elizabeth. Maybe that's why he fell for you." Before Beth could ask her what she was talking about she turned to Elena. "You need help to deal with the Salvatore's? Why don't you ask, Elizabeth here. She has a lot of experience with love triangles?"
Beth's interest peaked. "Love triangles? What are you talking about?" She asked her. Katherine just smiled. She knew something. Of course Katherine would know something and it bugged Beth.
"Tell me, have you seen Elijah again?" She asked her ignoring the prior question, playing with her nails.
"Again? W-what are you talking about? How do you know Elijah?" Beth asked her. Elena knew that Katherine was just playing her. If she knew anything she wouldn't tell her anyways. She would only reveal information if it benefited her and this didn't.
"What does the Petrova bloodline have to do with Klaus?" Elena asked her, knowing that Beth wasn't going to get anything out of her and they needed to know more about Klaus and the sacrifice. Beth backed off but she wasn't going to give up that easily.
Katherine sighed and took a sip of her blood. "It's really tedious but….the curse was bound by the sacrifice of Petrova blood." She looked at Beth. "Witches are crafty with their spells. Once the doppelganger reappeared, the curse could be broken."
"So you ran before he killed you?" She asked. Katherine seemed to be remembering that time.
"Something like that." She said vaguely and she continued. "Trevor told me to go to a cottage where Rose was. She, however, was just as afraid of Klaus as everyone else was. She locked me in a room until nightfall where she could take me back to him." She explained.
"Rose never ended up taking you back to Klaus, did she?" Beth asked her.
"No, but not because she had a change of heart." She told them. She sighed and she told them about how Rose fed her blood when she saw she tried to kill herself. Trevor came back and tried to convince Rose to let her be but when they went back in the room she had hanged herself.
"You killed yourself?" Elena asked in disbelief.
"Klaus needed a human doppelganger. As a vampire, I was no longer of use to him." She clarified.
"But it didn't work. You didn't really escape, you've been running from Klaus ever since." Elena said.
"I underestimated his peered for vengeance but living in a suitcase is better than dying so you can have your blood spilled over some silly little rock." Katherine shrugged. Elena looked down, nervously. Beth and Katherine both noticed. "What's wrong? Afraid I'm right? You don't want to die? There's another way out." She cut her wrist with a sharp nail and blood started to drip out. "Better hurry! You're opportunity is going." She taunted. "Going, going and gone." She said as her wrist healed completely.
She looked at Beth straight in the eyes. "You might have done the same thing. I made the other choice." She said nonchalantly. She went on to tell them about how she killed herself and then fed on the lady that owned the cottage. She left Trevor and Rose after that.
"Rose and Trevor spent the last 500 years running because you used them!" Beth told her, angrily. "Trevor just died!"
"I never thought he would have lasted that long." Katherine said truthfully. Beth and Elena exchanged a look. They didn't understand how someone could be so heartless and cruel and not care about what they did even if it got someone killed.
"You don't even care you ruined their lives." Elena said.
"I was looking out for myself, Elena." She looked her straight in the eyes. "I will always look out for myself! If you're smart you'll do the same." She turned around with her back facing them and opened the Petrova family book.
"So how much of your little story is true?" Beth asked. She still didn't believe everything she said. She had no reason to. Katherine is manipulative and she couldn't be trusted.
"I have no reason to lie, Elizabeth. I have no reason to do anything besides sit here and read and rot." She said in a bored voice. Beth stood up and walked around to soak it all in and Elena eventually stood up too, tired of sitting.
"Okay, assuming it's even partially true, that's the reason why you came back isn't it? Because you wanted to be the one to hand me over to Klaus." Elena realized. It made sense. Katherine was scared and she wanted to be free.
Katherine shrugged. "500 years on the run, figured he'd be willing to strike a deal."
"So you got Mason Lockwood to find the moonstone." Elena realized again. Beth understood. There were things she needed to do the sacrifice, which was why she was back. Not for the Elena or Damon or Stefan but for herself.
"Right again."
"What else do you need to break the curse?" Beth asked her. Elena look to her confused. "It's more than just a doppelganger and a moonstone right?"
Katherine looked impressed. "Hmmm, look who's getting smarter."
"Because otherwise there would be no need to trigger the Tyler Lockwood's werewolf curse." Elena added.
"Witches and their spells: so many ingredients, so many sacrifices." Katherine smiled grimly. Beth scoffed. She said it like it was a game. A game to just hand over people to Klaus as if they were money just to save herself.
"So you need a werewolf?" Elena asked her.
"Believe it or not their hard to come by."
"What else?" Beth asked her, boldly.
"A witch to do the spell. Mine bailed but you or Bonnie would do just fine." Katherine smiled at her. She originally intended it to be Bonnie but Beth was a strong witch and she had power. Klaus would want to use her.
Elena flashed Beth a worried look before turning back to Katherine. "What else?"
"A vampire."
"Caroline." Beth sighed. That's why she turned her.
"It could have been anyone I suppose but I like the poetry of Caroline." Katherine stated.
"So you were just going to hand us all over to be killed?" Beth asked outraged. She couldn't believe someone would do that but this was Katherine.
Katherine looked her straight in the eye and said. "Better you die than I." She got up and walked into the back of the tomb leaving the 2 girls by themselves. Elena looked at Beth.
"You think it's true?" She asked and Beth shrugged.
"I don't know." She told her truthfully as she grabbed the bottle of blood and Elena grabbed the bag and they were about to leave when they Stefan ran down. "Stefan."
"Stefan, what are you doing here?" Elena asked surprised. She knew Beth didn't say anything because he would have been here sooner.
"I could ask you the same question."
"Caroline told you." Elena figured out but Beth didn't believe that. Caroline was too loyal and she wouldn't tell Stefan. No matter how much he asked her. Stefan confirmed her thoughts.
"No, she kept your secret but it didn't take me long to figure out what was so important that you'd have to keep it from me." Stefan told her. He was worried about what she did.
"I knew that you'd stop me."
"Listen to me, whatever she said to you is a lie. Do not listen to her. She's a liar, Elena." He said grabbing her shoulders, trying to make her understand.
"What if she isn't? You didn't hear what she said. Even Beth can tell you everything." Elena told him looking over at Beth.
"You don't have to worry. I won't let anything happen to you." Stefan tried to comfort her but that wasn't the only thing that worried her.
"That's the problem, you won't but you'll die trying. How's that any better?" She asked him. She didn't want him to get hurt anymore than she wanted to die. They heard Katherine arrive at the entrance of the tomb.
"There's nothing you can do, Stefan." She told him stalking towards them. "I haven't even told you the best part." They all looked to her with interest. "I arrived back in Bulgaria after I escaped from him. I went home to see everyone dead." Beth felt sorry for her. "He killed them, my entire family, just to get back at me for running. Whatever you do to escape Klaus, he will get his vengeance on your friends, your family and anyone you've ever loved." She warned her and Beth heard a hint of sadness in her voice.
"No, look at me." Stefan said turned Elena, who was hanging onto Katherine's every word. "No, do not listen to her okay?"
"Always the protector but even you must realized she's doomed. There's nothing you can do to stop it unless of course you have this." She held up the moonstone. Elena looked at her in shock.
"What?"
"Oh no, there it is. It's the ultimate lie, isn't it. You spun this whole thing so that we would have to get the stone from you, didn't you?" Stefan accused her. He didn't trust her.
"I didn't spin anything, Stefan. It's the truth." Katherine told him.
"No, let me guess. You want to trade the stone for your freedom. You manipulative, psychotic bitch!" Stefan yelled at him and Elena put a hand on his shoulder.
Katherine chuckled. "My freedom? That's where you're wrong, Stefan. I don't want my freedom because when Klaus shows up to kill us all and he will, I'll be in the tomb, where no vampire will enter because they can't get out. I'll be the safest psychotic bitch in town." She smirked. She began to retreat to the back of the tomb but stopped. She turned. "And Elizabeth? I'd be careful. Elena's not the only run Klaus could be gunning for." She warned her and before Beth could ask her what she meant Katherine disappeared.
I'm officially freaking out. I saw Katherine with Elena today. We needed answers on Klaus. It turns out Katherine was going to hand us all over for the sacrifice so she would be free from running from him. The moonstone and Elena are the main keys though. I feel bad for her. She must be terrified out of her mind. Stefan chewed my ass out too for letting her go but Elena told him how they needed answers and that it wasn't my fault. What makes it worst is that Tyler's pushing me away probably because of the full moon but still. He's being a jackass.
This pain in my side is getting worst. I'm starting to feel nauseous and I have this headache that won't go away. I think it was because of the spell I did on the room to trap Katherine. I must have used more of my power than Bonnie's. I'm hoping it'll go away.
Katherine kept dropping these hints about Elijah and a love triangle. It was strange but she wouldn't elaborate. Elijah scared me though and what scared me the most was it seemed like he knew me. I need to find out why and how he knew me. What scared me the most was Katherine insinuated that Klaus might be after me. I have no idea why…I'm scared. I don't know why he is but he could be. I have to find some answers as soon as I can.
Beth
