A/N: Wow! Thank you all so much for the reviews! I'm really glad you like the chapter. More of Beth's powers will be revealed and there is going to be a lot of Kol and Beth scenes and Klaus and Beth scenes, especially come season 3! I hope you like them and nothing is set in stone with my characters. I usually just go with my gut, so anything can happen. So, again, thank you so much for the reviews! They keep me inspired to keep writing and I hope you like this chapter.
A Close Death and A Decision:
Beth saw Damon walking over to Matt. She knew whatever he had to say wouldn't be good and she didn't want him to cause a scene. She went to go after him but Stefan pulled her back and spun her into his arms. She laughed as he spun her around. "Hey."
"Hey." He smiled back at her. He had an eye on Elena but he wanted to keep Beth close too. Never mind Damon, he wouldn't be able to forgive himself if she got hurt. "How are you holding up so far?"
"Well, borderline freaking out but hanging in there." She replied. "You've got some moves, Salvatore."
"You know, you were that first taught me how to dance properly." He smiled as he spun her around. Beth now saw Damon dancing with Bonnie.
"I did?"
He nodded and smiled at her surprised expression. "You did." He remembered it like it was yesterday.
"Stefan!" Elizabeth said.
"I'm never going to get this right, Elizabeth." He complained sitting back down at the desk in his room. They had been practicing for hours now. She insisted on teaching him how to dance. He wasn't exactly the best so she had decided to teach him. Besides, they both knew that it would keep their mind off of Damon being gone. They both missed him. "I'm not going to be as good as him."
Elizabeth sighed. She knew exactly who he was talking about. She was closest with Damon but she still was friends with Stefan. She was actually Stefan's age. She loved them both, dearly. The brothers were practically her family. "Yes you will. And when he comes back, we'll show off how much you've improved." She smiled at him. "Which, will be thanks to me of course." He chuckled as she pulled him up. "Now come on. You're not a quitter. I promised I'd teach you and I will. Now, from the beginning." She ordered as he put his hands on her waist. He gave her a grateful smile and she smiled back. They didn't need to say anything. She knew exactly what he was saying.
"You'd criticize me whenever I did something wrong." He joked with her and she laughed. Anybody couldn't help but smile when she laughed. "But you promised you'd teach me and you did. I think I turned out to be a pretty good dancer in the end."
"I think you did. You're welcome." She grinned at him.
"Thank you." He smiled back. As they danced, they caught an upset Jeremy walking past Elena. She looked confused. Beth and Stefan both shared a look before she let him go to see her. She thought it'd be best for them to talk by themselves for a bit. Luckily, she wasn't alone for long before Damon came back.
"One more dance." He told her before dragging her off to the dance floor and she let him drag her and he started dancing. She couldn't help but laugh at him as he got into the pop music. Stefan came over to them a few minutes, looking worried.
"Hey what's wrong?" Beth asked him.
"You need to talk to Elena and Bonnie. It's important. They're outside." He told her and she nodded. Damon looked slightly guilty as she ran off to go see her friends. She found them right outside the cafeteria, arguing.
"Then we'll find another way! Bonnie, you're not dying to save my life!" Elena told her determined.
"Hey, what's going on?" Beth asked them.
"Did you know?" Elena asked her upset. She couldn't believe that her friends had planned this. She couldn't live with herself knowing that Bonnie was going to risk her life for her.
"Know what? What's going on?" Beth asked again. She looked to Bonnie, who looked away. "Bonnie?"
"Channeling the power of the witches to kill Klaus has a good chance of killing me." She admitted. She wasn't ashamed, she would do it in a heartbeat.
"What? You can't do it then!" Beth agreed with Elena. "We'll find a different way. There's got to be another spell or another way."
"Beth's right!"
"I have the power to save you! If I don't use it and something happens, that would kill me more." Bonnie told her. She looked to Beth. "Can you just sit around and wait for Klaus to come get her? I can do this."
"What if we did it together? Like we planned to in the first place. What would happen?" Beth asked her. She knew that Bonnie was determined to save their friend but she wasn't going to let her do this by herself. Elena looked at her shocked.
"If we do it together than we can use both of our powers to take Klaus out but there's still a risk. Two witches using the hundred witches power but it could still kill you." Bonnie reasoned. She hadn't known Beth for as long as Elena but she still became a good friend to her and Elena both. She wasn't going to let her get hurt anymore than Elena.
"No!" Elena argued. She couldn't bear to see any of her friends die for her.
"No!" Bonnie agreed with her. "I can do this and no one else has to get hurt."
"So you do it and there's a 100 percent chance of you dying or we do it together and there's 70? We're doing it together, Bonnie or not at all. We're stronger together and if it works, then it was worth it but you're not doing it alone." Beth said. She wasn't going to stand around while her friend was sacrificing herself and she could do something about it.
"No! Neither of you are going to die for me!" Elena cried out. "I can't let you."
"Just answer one question…if the situation were reversed, would you do it for us?" Bonnie asked Elena. She looked at them but she didn't answer. All of them knew she would do the same. They were her friends she would never let her die. "So you know why we have to do it."
"No! No!" Elena insisted her eyes tearing up. She couldn't watch her friends die for her. She couldn't. Alaric ran up to them before they could say anything. They all turned his attention to him. "Alaric. What is it?"
"He has Jeremy!"
"What?" They all cried out. Beth didn't think that was possible. She just saw Jeremy talking to Stefan before he came to get her.
"Yeah. Klaus has Jeremy. Come on!" He opened the backdoor to the school and let the girls in first. He got in front of them and started to lead the way. He led them through the hallways.
"Ok, so where are you taking us?" Beth asked Alaric. This wasn't like him. He was too quiet. He'd usually explain everything. He didn't leave them in the dark like this. She was getting a weird feeling.
"Just a little further." He said continuing to walk.
"Wait…something's not right." Elena realized and her and the girls stopped walking.
"Where's Jeremy?" Bonnie asked Alaric. He stopped in his tracks. He started to chuckle. It didn't sound like him at all.
"I just had to get away from that dance. The sixties, ugh, not my decade. I mean whose call was that, anyways? I much prefer the twenties. The style, the parties, the jazz." He said with admiration. Elena and Beth exchanged confused looks. This wasn't like him at all.
"Alaric…are you on vervain?" Beth asked him carefully.
"Now why would you ask me that question, Elizabeth?" Alaric smirked at her.
"He's being compelled." Elena said taking a step back. Beth and Bonnie stood where they were in front of her.
"Nope! Try again." He told them playfully.
"What's going on?" Bonnie asked. Beth was worried now. Something had happened to Alaric. He wasn't being himself. It scared her. He sighed dramatically.
"Ok, I'll give you a hint. I am not…. Alaric." He said.
Beth looked into his eyes as he stared at her. They weren't Alaric's. "Klaus."
"Surprise!" He smiled at them. "See, I knew you'd be the one to get it. You were always such a clever a witch.
"No, no it's not possible." Beth shook her head.
"Just relax, I'm not here to hurt you or Elena. You two aren't on my hit list tonight." He assured them before turning to Bonnie. "But you are." He lunged for her and Beth and Bonnie both flung him into the opposite wall, without thinking. He got up groaning. "Now, did I mention that I knew a witch? You're going to have to hit me a lot harder than that." He rushed over to her but Bonnie threw him into the display case. Beth grabbed her hand to stop her from doing anything else. "Smart girl. If you kill this body, I'll just get a new one. Maybe Jeremy."
"Go, go run!" Bonnie yelled pushing Beth and Elena out. They ran into the other hallway and Beth slammed the doors closed with her powers. Damon jogged into the hallways.
"What happened?" He asked them.
"K-Klaus is in Alaric's body!" Beth told him alarmed.
"What?" He asked shocked. He thought something was off with him but he didn't pay attention.
"He's possessing it or something!" Beth told him. Damon nodded. He looked to Elena.
"Go find Stefan! Now!" He told her seriously. "Now!" He repeated and she ran out of the room. He turned to Beth who was shaking. She was afraid for Alaric. They both knew that they had to kill Klaus but she couldn't let Alaric die too. "Hey, El. Calm down. Alaric will be fine. Go find Stefan and Elena! Okay?" He told her and she nodded and left.
Beth ran out and into the cafeteria and straight into Stefan. "Whoa, whoa! What's going on?" He asked her quickly seeing her worried expression. Elena saw them and came over.
"Klaus is Alaric's body! H-he's possessed it or something, Stefan." Beth finally got out as Elena ran over to them. He grabbed her hand and pushed Beth forward so she could lead them to where Damon was. They ran and saw him standing in the hallways where they left him but Bonnie wasn't with him.
"There you are." He said.
"What are you doing? Where's Bonnie?" Elena asked him.
"She's doing what she has to do." Damon told them seriously. Elena was shocked at what he did. He knew in the first place and he still let her go. This was her friend. Didn't he care about that?
"What?" Beth asked him.
"Where is she?" Stefan asked.
"Stefan, let her do this!" Damon implored him. Beth could tell there was a deeper meaning to his words but she couldn't concentrate on that now. They needed to get to Bonnie.
"Damn it, Damon! Where is she?" He yelled at him. They had their answer when they heard someone being thrown against a wall in a classroom down the hall. Elena took off running and Stefan let go of Damon to follow her. Beth made a move to go but Damon grabbed her.
"No! Damon! Let me go!" She shouted as his grip tightened.
"No! Elizabeth! No! Listen to me! I need you to stay out of this." He told her as he grabbed her arm. She struggled in his grip. He knew that Beth could be the only one to stop her and he couldn't let her. She could get hurt. "No, El. I promise you she'll be fine and I will tell you everything. But right now I need you to trust me. Okay? Please." He looked her straight in the eyes. She hesitated but he wouldn't lie to her. He promised. They both heard doors crashing. "Trust me."
She nodded with tears in her eyes. He kissed her forehead, silently telling her that it would be okay. He waited a moment when everything was silent and he grabbed her hand and led the way. They walked into the classroom to see Elena crying over Bonnie's dead body. Beth started to cry seeing her friend dead. She went over to her and kneeled besides her wrapping an arm around Elena as she cried. "Stefan, get Elena out of here. I'll deal with the body." Damon said emotionless. Beth looked up at him shocked. This wasn't just some random person or vampire.
"What do you mean, deal with it?" Elena asked him angrily through her tears.
"The sheriff can't know about this. The last thing we need is another mysterious death." He explained quickly, hoping that he'd get Elena out of there.
"This is Bonnie!" She yelled at him as she sobbed. Damon looked at Stefan. He might have been angry with him but they both knew getting Elena away was the best thing for her.
"Get her home now, so I can clean this up." Damon ordered him. Beth nodded to Stefan and he helped get Elena up. Elena started to lose her ground but Stefan grabbed onto her and Beth helped him.
"No, Jeremy. Oh my God. What about Jeremy?" Elena asked in a daze.
"I'll fine him, Elena." Beth promised her and Elena nodded, gratefully at her friend and let Stefan take her away as she began to cry again. Beth started to sob as she kneeled besides Bonnie and Damon did the same. He gently closed her eyes. "What are we going to do?" She asked him.
"I promise I'll explain everything to you when we get Jeremy. I'm going to text him to meet us at the car." He told her as he picked up Bonnie. They walked to the back door of the school, so they could leave without being seen by anyone. Damon wanted to say something confronting to Beth but he knew nothing would help until he could explain everything to her. They reached the car and Beth looked away as he put her body in the trunk. They heard Jeremy run up to them. He looked confused.
"Hey, I got your message, I can't find anyone. Where's Elena? Where's Bonnie?" Jeremy asked them. Beth looked down while Damon just sighed as he closed the trunk so he couldn't see the body.
"We need to have a little talk."
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After talking to Damon, she and Jeremy went to the abandoned house with Bonnie's body. She was so upset she didn't realize that there was a spell involved. It was obvious to a witch but she was too distraught to see the signs. "Are you sure she's going to be okay, Beth?" Jeremy asked her worried.
"I'm positive, Jere. I was too upset to remember the spell but I do now and she'll be fine." She assured him as she started to light the candles around the room. "It was necessary because Klaus would have just kept trying to come after her. For now he thinks she's dead, it's safer for her."
"How exactly does it work?" He asked. Beth sat down next to him.
"To anyone, your heart stops beating, your brain stops working and for all intents and purposes you're dead. But it's a façade. Everything is working, but to any doctor, it wouldn't seem like it. They wouldn't be able to tell the difference." Beth explained to Jeremy calmly. She took Jeremy's hand in hers and gave it a small squeeze and he gave her a grateful smile. They saw Bonnie waking up. "Bonnie!" She smiled at her friend and gave her a hug as she sat up. She hugged her back.
Beth pulled back so Jeremy could hug her too. They both laughed in joy that she was okay. Beth hugged her again. "I'm okay, guys." She reassured them with a smile. "Are you guys ok? What happened to Klaus after I left?"
"He disappeared. He thought you were dead. You'll be safe here tonight and when the time comes we're doing it together." Beth told her seriously. She nodded, knowing that there was no way she could change her mind now. Beth looked at Jeremy. She knew that they probably wanted to be alone. "Well, I'm going to go talk to Damon. Be careful." She said with one last hug to them both and she left.
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"Damon!" She yelled as she walked into the boarding house. She walked into the living room and saw no one was there. She walked upstairs to her room to change into jeans and a long sleeve shirt before going to Damon's room, without knocking. He was sitting on his bed. "There you are. How'd Elena take it?"
He stood up with a shrug. "She was angry but she got over it since she wasn't hurt." Beth nodded. She was glad that she was okay. "Elena told me that you were planning on taking down Klaus with Bonnie. Though, she isn't keen on Bonnie trying to take her down at all."
"Yeah, Bonnie will have a better chance at surviving if I do it with her and I'm doing it with her Damon." Beth told him.
"No. You can't do that. Bonnie is willing to sacrifice herself without you're help. She doesn't want your help. You're going to get yourself killed. She can do this spell on her own, that's what she told me. So let her." Damon looked her right in the eyes. He was serious. He wasn't going to let her die again, not when he could save her.
"No! She could die, Damon!"
"You could die! El, if it's between you and Ms. Judgey, I'll always pick you." He told her. He would always make sure she and Elena were protected before anyone else. She knew there was no way she could change his mind I guess they'd just be at odds until she did do the spell because she knew she couldn't let Bonnie die when she could have done something.
"That's not your choice. Goodnight, Damon." She told him before leaving. She heard him mumble a good night before she closed the door.
She grumbled as she made her way to go to her room but she saw Elena come out of hers. She mouthed for her to come downstairs with her. She walked downstairs into the living room and went quietly, right outside of the front door. "Hey are you okay?" Elena asked giving her a hug.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks. You?" She asked as she pulled back.
"A bit shaken up. I'm surprised Klaus didn't try and come after you. A good surprise." She smiled at Elena. She returned the smile.
"He didn't need me yet." She said. She figured that out. He knew she was safe with Stefan and Damon. "But what I don't get is why he didn't go after you. I mean Katherine was saying how if he knew you were alive he'd come after you." Elena thought aloud.
"Because he doesn't want me dead yet. I'm not a threat to his plan. He knows that I can't kill him by myself cause he doesn't know Bonnie's alive. But there has to be some other reason he'd want me dead but just not right now." Beth said to her. She had no idea what she could have done so he would come after her.
"Listen, I know you and Bonnie want to save me. I love you guys for that but I can't let you two die for me. Could you do that?" She asked her seriously.
"It's not the same." Beth told her but she knew it was a lie. Since her and Elena met they've had an understanding even before they knew Klaus was coming after both of them. They loved their families and their friends. They would do whatever they could for their families, including if it risked their own life.
"It is and you know it. What if I had another way? I'll need your help but I think I know someone who can help us." She said. Beth looked at her confused. They pretty much run out of people who could help them with Klaus but then she realized what she meant, who she meant.
"No! He'll kill us, Elena! No…scratch that! He'll kill me! That's what I did to him!" Beth exclaimed.
"I saw the way he looked at you, Beth. He likes you and he cares about you. He looked completely broken, when he thought you were going to die. He couldn't kill you and this may be my only chance to save you and Bonnie. We can get answers about why Klaus is after you too. You know Damon's going to try and stop you from helping so in the end it's Bonnie. Our friend." Elena told her. She knew if anyone would understand it would be her. Beth wanted to find a way to get Alaric back and he could be the answer. She didn't like to think of Klaus in her godfather's body. She knew she was right.
"Okay. But we have to be quiet." Beth whispered as she opened the door. Elena walked quietly behind her as the girls made their way to the basement. They opened the door to reveal Elijah's desiccated body with the dagger sticking out of it. Beth motioned for Elena to back up. She hovered over him and ripped the dagger out of his chest. Nothing happened right away. Beth sat down near Elena and waited for Elijah to wake up.
