I See Dead People:
"All right, get up." Caroline ordered Beth as she stepped up to her bed. She groaned and sat up from her bed. "We are going out now." After speaking with Klaus and Elijah, she agreed that she would come back and finish high school. She had been with Rebekah in her house for nearly a week. After crash studying for her end of year exams, she was exhausted, but Caroline took exhaustion for isolation. "Come on, just come with me to the grill for a while."
She sighed as she sat up in her bed. "I don't want to. Caroline, I just spent the last three days on no sleep, on edge, and with a feeling to murder a certain baby vampire, so forgive me if I just want to sleep." She pulled the blanket back over her head, but the blonde quickly pulled it off and she groaned.
"No buts. You can spend an hour with your best friend." She nudged her as she pulled some clothes out of her closet and tossed them on the bed. She sighed and started to get dressed. "How do you think you did?"
"Hopefully, I passed." She sighed as she pulled on her shirt. "What's the point of going out anyways? There's nothing exciting that's happening right now, and I'd like to keep it that way." She nodded over to the window. It did look like it was getting windy, but that wasn't stopping the blonde.
"We'll be fine. And I know you haven't just been sleeping. Rebekah told me that you've been pouring over the witch book most of the nights." She called her out.
She sighed. "I have to be prepared for the full moon. It's tomorrow, Caroline. I have to make sure I get this right." She muttered as she stood up. She wasn't going to half do this. She wanted Kol back and she would do anything to get him back. Caroline knew that, but she wasn't the only one who knew that Beth was dabbling into the dark magic again. Hopefully, taking her away from it for a night would help.
"And you will. So let's just take one night off from all of this." She smiled hopeful as she pulled her friend out of the dark room to her car.
They finally made it to the grill. Beth saw Elena playing darts and had an incline to shove the sharp item into her chest. She shook off the thought as she drank the shot Caroline gave her. Rebekah took a seat next to her on her other side, as Matt served them. They were being extra nice to her, which made her want to explode. "Is it supposed to rain tonight?"
"Do I look like a meteorologist?" Rebekah asked Caroline with sarcasm dripping from her voice.
She scoffed rolling her eyes, before looking out towards where Elena was. "Well, someone needs to do something before she explodes." She nodded over to where she was angrily throwing darts at the wall.
"I say let her explode. The grill could use with a bit of color." Beth muttered and Rebekah chuckled, while Caroline manged to crack a smile. Her phone started to ring and Beth walked over to the other side to answer it. "Yeah, Damon?"
"Good, you answered, where are you?" He asked her worried. He didn't want her to be alone when Silas was out there. She hadn't been oblivious to how he was trying to make it up to her, as always. She knew that he was sorry, and she could never really hate him, which she hated.
Before she could reply the lights and electricity turned off inside of the restaurant. "With Caroline and Rebekah at the grill. The electricity just went out over here. Where are you?"
He sighed. "I'm at the hospital with Stefan. Listen, we think that Bonnie's doing the spell now to lower the veil, which means a hell of a lot of vampires coming with revenge. So, you and Caroline need to meet us at the school." He told her, seriously. "Please, El."
She hesitated before nodding. She knew that with how many supernatural people that have died or been murdered, a lot of them would be back. "Alright, I'll see you there." She told him hanging up as she walked back out to where Caroline was.
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Beth and Caroline both made it to the school, but sadly Elena tagged along. She was grateful she sat in the back or else she would've been tempted to stake her. Caroline left to go inside and look for Bonnie with Elena, while Beth waited outside for the Salvatore's. It didn't take her long to see them coming in. She was glad. It was windy and cold. They both stepped out of the car. "Where's Caroline and Elena?" Stefan shouted over the wind.
"She and Caroline are both looking for Bonnie inside." She shouted back.
Damon nodded. "Stefan will go look for her and Bonnie inside and we can check outside." They all nodded as Stefan split up from them and went into the school. Damon and Beth started walking around the school. "Are you okay?" He asked her as he pulled his jacket over her shoulders.
"Yeah, fine. I just want to get to Bonnie, and make sure the veil won't be down for good." She muttered. That wasn't necessarily true. She knew that with the veil down there was a possibility she could see Kol. She didn't know if he'd show himself, but she hoped he did. It'd make it easier to bring him back. After walking the whole school they went inside. "It freezing out there. Call Stefan tell him that Bonnie has to be inside."
He called his brother and she vaguely listened as they talk. Sadly, she noticed Elena walking up towards them. "If I remember correctly, there's an entrance in the basement...
"Off the boiler room." Beth added.
"You hear that?" He nodded and hung up the phone before he turned to Elena. "What are you doing here?"
"I know Katherine is with Bonnie. You have to take me with you." She told him seriously. Beth really wanted to kill her but walked a few feet away pacing to keep from doing that.
"What? No, you're going to stay here. We really need to stop Bonnie, and if you get all murderous and screw it up..." He told her keeping an eye on Elizabeth. He wasn't going to let her get snatched up because he wasn't paying any attention again.
"Is that really the reason?"
He scoffed at that. "As self-righteous as Stefan is, he has a point. Behind your rage, there is a tidal wave of feelings - all of your guilt, all your grief, every emotion you've ever put off, and killing Katherine's gonna let it all in. And if you can't handle it, then we're back to square one."
Elena shook her head. All she wanted to do was kill her so she could get all of this anger off her back. "And if I can? What if killing Katherine takes away all that grief and guilt? What if killing Katherine finally lets me feel all the good things that I've lost? Damon, help me. As soon as I get over this hurdle, I'll be me. I'll be able to think clearly, I'll be myself, and everything will go back to normal."
He sighed as he looked over at Beth who was slowly making her way back to them. He wasn't going to put her in danger just because Elena wanted vengeance. "She's strong, and crafty and you'll die."
"Which would be a positive." Beth muttered giving Damon's warning look a sarcastic smile.
Before either of them knew what was coming Elena stabbed Damon through the stomach. "At least I'll die trying." She hurried to zoom off before Beth hurt her.
Beth slide down to sit up besides Damon. "I'm going to kill her." She snapped as she tried to get the stake out of his stomach, but her hands were shaking too much to do that. The lockers started shaking as her anger grew. Damon looked at her worried as her eyes darkened.
"El, calm down. It's fine. I'm fine. We'll stop her." He tried to assure her, but his words did nothing. "Just calm down"
She shook her head. "No! I'm not going to calm down! Because of her Kol is dead. Everyone dies because it fits her schedule! She's willing to hurt you because it suits her and now she gets to die." She turned on her heel to go after her when she felt a hand on her shoulder. "Stop it, Damon!"
"Hey," A familiar voice made her freeze in her tracks as she was turned around by her godfather. She was frozen to the school as she saw Alaric. But he was actually there. It wasn't a dream or nightmare and he wasn't the darkness, but he was her godfather. The lockers stopped shaking as she calmed down. She started to tear up. "Hey, it's alright. Look at me, just breathe. You're okay." He pulled her into his arms as she started to cry and let him hold her in his arms.
Damon looked at them shocked to see both of his best friends. He eventually got the stake out of him. "So this is either really good or really bad." He told them, as Beth slowly pulled away to look up at her godfather. She laughed weakly through her tears.
"I'd say really good." She smiled at him, as he returned the gesture.
Alaric chuckled as he crouched down. "It's good to see you too, Damon."
"I'd say the feeling is mutual, except a lot of people aren't exactly who they say they are around here." He tugged Elizabeth a little bit father away from Alaric, for fear that he was really just Silas in disguise. He didn't want her to get her hopes up anymore than they already were."
"You think I'm Silas? Are you kidding me?" He chuckled looking between them. He gave Damon a hand as they both stood up.
"See, now this puts us in a bit of a pickle, because this is exactly what Silas would say." He nodded.
Alaric hesitated before going over to a locker smiling at them. "Silas wouldn't know that you played Glinda the good witch in your Second grade play of the Wizard of Oz, or about locker 42." He chuckled taking out a bottle of liquor. Beth smiled through her watery eyes and hurried over to hug him again. He smiled as he squeezed her tightly to him. Damon smiled at seeing his friend happier than he has in a while.
She pulled back so that Damon could hug him too and they started laughing. "Hang on, if I can see you," He patted his arms and face. Alaric made a face and Beth laughed. "And I can touch you that means the little witch did it. She dropped the veil." He realized.
"The veil's dropped?" Beth asked surprised.
"Well, not completely. Its' only down inside the Expression triangle. If I step outside of it, it's back to ghost world." He told them both.
"Well, where is everybody? I figured with the veil down, it'd be like Ghost-a-palooza." Damon said looking around the school.
"Well, not every ghost has a reason to come back to Mystic Falls. Just the ones like me, looking after their idiot best friends and god daughters." He ruffled Beth's hair making her smile. Damon nodded, still worried.
"I'm more worried about the ones looking out for their enemies." He said thinking of everyone who dies in the massacres. He then realized something and turned to Elizabeth who seemed to be in deep though. He nodded at her with a small smile. "El, the veil's down. Go, I'll call you if I need you, don't worry I'll keep an eye on this guy." She hesitated before kissing his cheek and hugging him.
"Thank you." She told him as she hugged Alaric one last time, before leaving. She knew that Damon would take care of him and make sure she got to see him one last time before the veil went up, but right now they both knew that she needed to see Kol.
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Beth closed her eyes hoping that he would be here. The lake, the one place she didn't go back to after he died. Even being here without right now felt eery, but if he was going to be anywhere, he would be here. She tried to reach out with him with her mind. "Please, please, come back to me. I need you." She whispered as she tried again.
There was complete silence as she waited on bated breath. "As you wish, darling." She felt hands take her own. She looked up opening her eyes and smiled seeing Kol there. He cupped her cheek as she looked up into his deep brown eyes. He gave her a weak grin as she wrapped her arms around him quickly, needing to feel him, know it's real. "Elizabeth."
She kissed him before he said anything else, tears streaming down her cheeks. "I've missed you so much, you have no idea." She told him her voice breaking more as he pulled her against him, breathing in her sweet scent that he couldn't get enough of. "You're really here." He cupped her face with his hands, feeling her warm blood flow through.
He kissed her deeply, pulling her flush against him. He didn't want to let her go again. He didn't know if he'd be able to. He pulled away slightly to lean his head on hers as he brushed her hair back, and curled his fingers through it. "You have no idea how long I've been waiting to do this." She smiled weakly. "I can really touch you now, you can see me." He threaded his fingers through her hair as she leaned into his touch that she craved. It felt amazing to feel him, like she was alive again. She knew that she could never let him go again, she needed him back. Whatever the cost.
"I love you." He whispered as he brought her in for another kiss, craving the taste of her lips. "I hardly left your side. I I hoped that you could see me at least once." She'd snuggled into his embrace, enjoying the feel of him. He kissed her head. She smiled at him through her tear filled eyes. "No crying, darling. I only want to see you happy."
She laughed weakly. "I am. I'm happy. I love you. I missed you. Kol, I missed you so much." Her happiness of seeing him there, of being in his arms was incomparable. She could happily stay there forever, but she knew she couldn't.
Suddenly, Kol pulled back slightly and stroked her cheek. "Darling, I've watched you. You can't be doing this magic." He reasoned with her. She looked away from him as he sighed, "This is dangerous. I don't want you to get her. I can't stand to see you get hurt. You need to stop it. I can't watch you get hurt and not be able to do anything about it."
She touched his cheek. 'I need you here with me, Kol. I love you. I love you so much and it's been hell for me without you. I need to get you back here. Don't ask me to stop." She told him. He hesitated. He wanted to come back to her, hold her, kiss her. He wanted that. It drove him crazy not to be able to do that. He wanted revenge as well, for the people who did this to him.
He wanted her safe as well. He couldn't bare to lose her. "Just...no talking about that now. Later, ok?" She nuzzled her nose into his neck as he held her close. He kissed her head pulling her close, not wanting to let her go. She smiled weakly as he just held her.
He hesitated as he looked over her shoulder. He didn't know how long the veil would be up, but he still had something to do. "I need to go, love." She looked up at him shocked and confused. Where else would he need to be? "I'm sorry, I'll be back soon. I just need to handle something."
She tried not to look disappointed as she nodded, taking a step away. "Yeah, um sure. I-I'll see you later then." She hurried to go before tears threatened to fall. He wanted to go after her, but revenge on Elena Gilbert was in order first. He looked back at her one more time before zipping off.
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Beth made her way back to the school after making a pit stop to Rebekah's house. Kol was here and no matter what he said, she wasn't going to wait around for him to leave her again. It would be easier now that the veil was down, but she knew that she should wait until the full moon, but she didn't want to wait on that, even if it was tomorrow. A lot of things could happen. She made it to the school where Alaric was. He stood up seeing her. "Hey, are you okay?" He asked her worried, seeing how out of breath she was.
She nodded and hugged him. "I'm fine. It's okay. How about Damon? Where is he? Did he ever find Bonnie and Silas?" She asked equally worried about them as well.
He sighed. "Yeah, they're both fine. Silas is immobilized for now. Completely turned to stone. So you're safe." She let out a sigh of relief as he pulled her back into his arms. She smiled. She felt safe there, like everything was like before. "Do I need to talk to this vampire about treating you right?" He told her and she cracked a small smile.
"No, I'm sure he knows." He chuckled at her. She hesitated. "Ric, I could...I could bring you back too. I could do it, w-we would be a family again." She smiled hopefully at him.
He sighed pulling her down to sit with him. "Beth, you know that it's going to be hard to do the spell, even for you. I don't want you doing it at all, but I know that you're too stubborn to listen. I'll be okay, kid." He ruffled her hair affectionately. "I'm always going to be looking out for you, even if you can't see me yourself. You know that I wouldn't leave you." She smiled teary eyed at him as he kissed her head. "Just be careful, for me okay?"
She nodded leaning on his shoulder like when she was a little girl. "I will be, I promise.' She told him quietly. They sat there for a while before they both sat up straight upon hearing someone coming towards them. Alaric stood up in front of her protectively but relaxed seeing it was Damon. "Hey, everything go okay?"
He nodded looking at her. "Yeah it went fine. But I just got a call from Stefan. Your boyfriend is making trouble. He nearly killed Elena again and Stefan had to get rid of him. He's at the old witch house." He told her seriously. He knew that if he told her that Stefan also snapped his neck that she would be less than please. He was just happy he got there before he buried him six feet deep in a grave.
She sighed and turned to Alaric who nodded. "Go, I'll come by and see you before." He promised her she kissed his cheek and surprised Damon by kissing his as well.
"Thanks, Day," She muttered before taking off for the familiar house. It didn't take her long to find it and by then she was angry. She thought he had something important he actually had to do, but no, he had to go and take his revenge. She made it to the witch house to see that Kol was already unconscious on the couch. She sighed as she walked towards him. It didn't take him long to wake up. "Look who's awake." She remarked to the gasping original.
"Where the bloody hell are they?" He growled as he zipped to his feet. "I'm going to feed her, her bloody heart myself." He was fuming, but so was Beth.
She slapped him across his face to his shock, before he could say anything she was yelling at him. "What the hell is the matter with you? You're back for who knows how long and you immediately go after those who killed you? They snapped your neck, Kol! If it wasn't for Damon, I might not have seen you again! You're so selfish! All you wanted was to get revenge! What if they could've killed you?" She snapped angrily. She didn't want to lose him again, she couldn't bear it if she did.
He sighed, grabbing her wrists. "I'm sorry. Darling? I am sorry. I just wanted them to pay for what they did to us. I didn't mean to worry you. I'm yours tonight. I am so sorry," He told her honestly. She hesitated but felt her resolve melt as he pressed a kiss to her palm pulling her closer. "Elizabeth, I'm sorry."
She sighed. "I don't want to lose you again, Kol. I-I can' t lose you again. You have no idea what it was like." She said and he pulled her into his arms, trying to soothe her. He did know what it was like. He had to watch her yell and scream out for him most nights, see her crying and struggling to cope. He hated seeing her like that, but he had a craving to kill Elena, especially after everything that she did and he was going to do it. "I'm doing the spell tonight." She told him determined.
"Elizabeth,
"I have your pendant." She told him quickly pulling it from over her neck. She placed over his so it started glowing above his heart. He looked surprised that she actually kept it. "It's part of you. It'll give me the strength I need to do this spell without a full moon, or else it would be dangerous. I can do this, Kol."
He shook his head. "I don't want you to get hurt or worst, Elizabeth. Look at me, this is dark magic. I've watched you, you shouldn't do this for me, not if this is going to hurt you." He kissed her head.
She sighed/ "I don't care. I want you back here with me, Kol. No matter what you say, it won't change that. You can try and stop me, but we both know that no matter what you do, either, I won't." She stood up. He hesitated before following her to where she put her bag down.
"What do you need me to do?" He asked her.
She smiled back at him and stood up. "Just keep that on you, okay? You're an Original so it'll be harder to bring you back. Don't move or anything. Just stand still." He looked at her eyes full of worry before nodding. She closed her eyes as the spell started. The flames on the candles started to flicker in and out before the wind completely blew them out. The doors on the broken down house were shaking as well as the ground. Kol looked into her eyes and saw that they were slowly darkening as she started the spell. Her nose started to bleed and he tried to take a step towards her but she had him locked into place. She wasn't going to let him stop her.
He suddenly felt something in him when she closed her eyes and collapsed. He finally hurried to catch her as she shook her head, her eyes turning back to their green color. "Elizabeth, it's okay. Hey, you're okay." He smoothed her hair back as he set her down gently in his lap, not letting her hurry to hurt herself again. She reached up to touch his cheek and he kissed her hand, happy that she was alive. "Did it work, darling?"
She sighed taking a deep breath before slowly sitting up. "W-we won't know until the veil's up again." She leaned on his shoulder, exhausted. She felt something though, like it worked, but she felt something else and she couldn't place it and that worried her. He kissed her head pulling her close. He wasn't ever going to let her get hurt again. He had to kill Elena first though, everything would be better after that.
"Do me a favor, Elizabeth. No more dark magic." She smiled weakly and leaned back on his shoulders, knowing that if there was ever something else coming and she didn't know if she could promise that, not if she needed it to protect him.
