Well I have time for one more chapter. Here goes.

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Chapter 22

Finn and Sage had packed up the night before and left while she was in the shower. They both left her a letter telling her where they were and told her to call them when she was ready. Kol was off getting wasted. Rebekah was at the school for clean up and Klaus was packing the house. She walked into the kitchen and ran smack into Elijah, clearly not paying attention.

"I'm sorry." She told him.

"It's alright, Sarafina."

"No, I'm really sorry. It's my fault he's dead, not yours, and in punishing myself, I'm punishing you." She bowed her head in shame.

"Its most assuredly not your fault." He told her, trying to reach her.

She looked up at him with tears in her eyes. "But it is. I was happy, so truly happy that I didn't sense your mother's magic. I should have known." The self reprimanding tone she used was harsh to his ears. Both of them were battling mixed emotions. Elijah was both ecstatic and heart broken at her confession. She made him that happy as well, and he truly hated how she took on the weight of the world.

"It is not your job to save everyone." He was begging for her to believe him.

"You don't understand that it is." She moved past him and walked to get a glass of water. Klaus sensed her distress and joined them swiftly in the kitchen. To Elijah's dismay, he watched a weight lift from her shoulders when she felt his brother in the room. He was so jealous and hurt that he left. He walked out of the house, got in his car and left.

Sara turned and walked over to Klaus. "You deserve to be happy. Why do you push my brother away?"

She moved over to him, and placed her hands on either side of his face. "Watch." She showed him everything she'd learned while she'd been in a coma. "I am linked to you and Finn. I don't want to put any one else in that situation. If it will keep him safe, then I will stand to be unhappy."

"My brother is your soulmate." It was not a question, but a statement. Sara nodded anyways. "And I am, your familiar?" Klaus sounded accepting but afraid, maybe even slightly uncomfortable.

"Yes, think of it as you being my strength. Your brother is my heart, my mate. Finn, is like my doctor. It would not surprise me if I bonded with Kol and Rebekah more permanently as well, I will not allow it. The blood spell linked me very slightly to them already. I'll wait for it to wear off." Sara would not put any more people in danger. Being linked to her could cripple them if she ever died.

Klaus seemed to be processing everything, but he hugged her and placed a kiss to her forehead. "You should allow them to chose for themselves."

Sara shook her head and stepped away. "I'm going to go for a run. I'll probably be gone for a couple hours. I'll help you pack after." She swiftly left the house and took off.

True to her words, it was hours before she returned home. When she did, she was surprised at the sight she saw. Elena was tied to a chair with blood draining from her. She mentally called out to Niklaus. He found her within seconds and showed her his day.

Their conversation was interrupted by the sound of Tyler entering the house. She scanned his mind and projected their plan to Nik. When he moved to intervene she stopped him.

Minutes later Niklaus walked into the room. "So much for that sire bond." He said.

Tyler stood straight and answered cockily. "I'm not your little bitch anymore."

Klaus smiled and walked towards him. He was honestly curious as to how the boy had managed it. "How did you break the sire bond?" The young one had such fire, for being so young and stupid.

"By breaking every bone in my body a hundred times for the girl I love."

"That's impossible." He couldn't believe that it would be such a simple, yet painful fix.

"Is it?" Tyler sauntered towards the Hybrid. "Or maybe real love is stronger than fake loyalty. But what would you know about that?" That comment hit home.

Klaus didn't show his irritation, he wouldn't let him know he had gotten to him. "You know, you should be thanking me. I gave you a gift. I took away your misery."

Tyler was enraged by the man. He couldn't understand how he could be so ignorant to the fact that he may have freed his hybrids but he also ruined their lives. They'd lost who they were, they'd lost their freedom, simply so they didn't experience pain once a month. "You didn't give a crap about me! You just didn't want to be alone!" Tyler walked towards Elena and helped her stand. "Come on."

Klaus sped forward, and pushed the doppelgänger aside. Her head smacked against a ledge, and she fell into unconscious proceeded to grab Tyler by the throat and push him into a wall. "Good bye, Tyler."

He reached to pull Tyler's heart out, but Tyler twisted his arm. Tyler was joined by Damon and Stefan who subdues the hybrid. Stefan made contact with his bloodstream and in a forest Bonnie started her chant. As she stopped Jeremy's heart, Klaus' stopped.

Tyler being the only one still focused on the Original noticed a flash of purple in his eyes before he was completely desiccated. He thought it was odd and wondered what it meant, but shook it off because they'd succeeded. He was over joyed at how free he was.

Klaus' body went up in flames. All was lost, they were going to die. Damon, Stefan, Tyler, Caroline, the vampires of the Quarter and Marcel.

Damon hung up with Elena and faced Alaric. "I see you're still pissed. I take it Goldilocks gave you the slip."

Alaric rushed over to Damon. His fist connected with his face, sending him falling unceremoniously to the ground. A very bloodied Damon laded on the ground for the umpteenth time.

"You're not gonna fight back?" Alaric asked him.

"You're kind of invincible, Ric."

"Don't call me that!" Enraged psychotic Alaric did not enjoy his nickname. He used as much force as he could and kicked his drinking body in the stomach.

Damon was defeated, he no longer cared. He was going to die anyways. Instead of his thoughts being on his brother or his daughter, they were on the girl he loved, and he felt shame for not thinking of the little raven haired girl that loved him with abandon. He wondered where she was, he hadn't seen her since the tomb. He was giving her space, but now he felt worse. On his last day alive, all he'd worried about was Elena, the girl that didn't love him nearly as much as his daughter did.

He didn't get chance to say good bye to his baby girl.

Alaric broke through his thoughts. "We're not friends."

"We were." Damon loved this man.

"Well, our friends was part of the problem. It's what kept me weak. It's also why it took so long for the real me to break through and now I'm gonna break you." Alaric hit Damon in the face breaking bones.

"Is that all you got?" Damon was true to himself to the end.

"Not quite." Alaric moved to stake Damon, but was thrown off. Damon gained the upper hand and punched him in the face. They continued fighting until Alaric dropped the stake. "What's happening?"

"Oh no." Damon realized that if Alaric is dying it meant Elena was too. He tried to keep Alaric up, he tried to give him strength.

"What's happening?!" The hunter demanded.

Alaric fell to the ground with Damon holding him. Damon was screaming at the corpse telling him he was not dead. A noise caught his attention and he looked up. Klaus was walking towards him. "You're dead." There was a large bloodstain on his shirt like it's been stabbed, but his skin was healed and he appeared fine.

"No mate." Klaus sounded broken as he walked towards the casket and opened the lid. Inside was a slightly burnt copy of himself. He opened his body's eyes. They were purple. "Not me."

Sorry to leave it there.

Much love,

-Nicole