So, I'm horrible. I know. I'm so sorry. I'm currently doing spring then summer courses, which I don't know if any of you have done, but they're so much harder than normal because you have so much to get through in very little time. I have about one assignment due every day of class, so I'm crazy busy. That said, I'll try my best to update when I have a minute, but I don't really have time to write, nor the creativity. I'm sorry in advance.

I don't own TVD or TO. I own Sara and all her awesomeness.

Chapter 24

Klaus took Sara's body to the Lockwood Cellar to hide her. He waited patiently, and watched carefully so she did not turn back into herself. He'd sent a text to Sage giving her instructions to the Cellar. He also gave her instructions for Finn, so if they were lost Finn could follow his link to Sara.

A sudden burst of black and red light shot out fro the casket and wrapped around them. Niklaus felt his energy draining, he moved closer to her and knew she was pulling from him to keep herself alive. When he thought he was going to pass out he heard the footsteps of his brother and Sage running down the stairs. A beam of blue and yellow wrapped around Finn. It pulled them in. Finn stumbled the closer he got, but he bit into his wrist and placed it over the girl's mouth.

They all silently pleaded for her to drink. Niklaus shouted in her mind. Drink Sara! Drink! Come back to us, to me, to Finn, to Sage, to Rebekah, to Kol, to Stefan, to Elijah and to Damon. Come back! With each name he spoke, he felt her drain on him lessen. She slowly returned to herself and started swallowing vigorously from the wrist in her face.

She sat up and was immediately hugged by Sage. "Stop dying!" The red head mumbled into her shoulder.

Sara laughed. "I'll try." She turned to Finn and raised her hand to his cheek. "Thank you." He closed his eyes and leaned into her touch. He nodded. Their connection was very pure.

A cell phone cut through the air. Klaus raised it to Sara. "It's Tyler's. His mother will not stop calling." He gave her a look saying he didn't kill the boy and she shifted into Tyler. It was slightly painful due to her being all dead and desiccated. "Hey mom, what's up?"

"Tyler, thank God! Are you okay?"

"Fine. Why? What's going on?"

"Pastor Young had me arrested this morning. The council grilled me on your whereabouts. Tyler don't tell me where you are. The less I know the better."

"Mom, I'm okay. Relax."

"You didn't answer your phone honey. I was so scared that you were with Caroline."

"Why? What happened to Caroline?"

"The council took her."

"What do you mean they took her?"

Once they'd figured out what had happened, Klaus wanted to save Caroline. However didn't have the energy after Sara had drained him and Finn. Being that she didn't want him to suffer the potential lose of the girl he cared for she shifted into Tyler and went to save the vivacious blonde. She probably wouldn't have cared and just left the girl but for Klaus liked her, a lot. Caroline seemed to be one of the few people in this town that Sara could stand.

Although, she hated becoming another without permission, being Tyler made the situation easier. No one knew where she was and Klaus was supposed to be dead. Plus, she knew that seeing Tyler would make the girl move comfortable. Not to mention, the extreme strength she got from being a hybrid compensated from the sluggish sensation of death still writhing in her veins.

Tyler flipped the brigade and ripped the back doors off the van.

"Tyler?" Caroline asked.

He stepped in and started ripping the ropes binding her to the vehicle. "I'm harder to kill than you'd think." He told her.

Caroline is crying while freeing herself. "You're alive? How are you alive?" Her face is plastered with a smile as she questions him.

"No time. Come on, we've got to go." He finished pulling of her ropes, and helped her stand. He pulled her from the car, and shove her to get her moving.

"Wait, what about me?" Rebekah asked him.

Tyler turns to look at her. "Keep 'em busy Bex." He winks at her. "Klaus and I'll get you soon, bestie."

Rebekah is laying there confused and shocked. Klaus was dead and no one knew where Sara was. "No. That's not possible."

They rushed off into the forest and Caroline started kissing Tyler with passion. "I never thought I'd see you again!" She says between kisses. "How are you alive?"

Generally, Sara would have just thrown the blond vampire off, but she was seriously depleted. It didn't help that she had Klaus in her mind saying it was hot. He was not helping at all. She pulled hard on her link to Klaus and pushed Caroline back. "Easy blondie. 'Nother time, 'nother place, 'nother body, maybe, but not now."

Caroline looked seriously confused. Sara shifted back to herself. "Not that I wasn't enjoying that, 'cause you're hot, but how about we stop now."

"You're not…Where's Tyler?" Caroline stepped menacingly forward. She hd hope in her eyes that he was still alive, but seemed to break more and more by the minute.

Sara shrugged, and pinned the girl in place with a wave of her hand. "He's alive, but out of town. I'll summon him back when the time is right. Now, we need to save the other's that were rounded up."

Caroline thought about it for a moment. "Alright." She said.

Sara reached out to Klaus, as it was still easier to reach him than Finn,and told him to meet at the Gilbert house. "Why did you save me?" Caroline asked her.

"Well other than I actually don't hate you. You matter to Klaus and he matters to me." Sara shrugged as they got in her car and drove towards the Gilbert's.

Damon was standing on the porch looking at an envelope when they approach. Finn, Sage and Klaus pull up at the same time.

"You still had hope." Sara said startling Damon. He sped to her and picked her up. There were tears in his eyes as he spun her around. "I'm here, I'm alive." She ran her fingers through his hair soothing him and he buried his face in her shoulder.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" He asked pulling back. His glare was enough to make her cringe.

"If I died then you'd hurt, but you'd be alive. If he died you'd rejoice, but then you'd die. I couldn't let thousands die." She marched past him towards the house. "Come out and join the search party." She yelled to the three humans inside.

Sheriff Forbes ran out of the house and embraced her daughter. "Thank God you're alive. I was so worried!"

"I know Mom." Caroline said hugging her Mom back.

"Now that the reunions are over, can we get to finding my sister?" Klaus snarked to the others.

"Shut up puppy." Sara shot at him. The group froze as he walked towards her menacingly. When he was inches from her, she reached up dramatically slowly and flicked his nose. "Bad dog." She quickly stood on her toes and kissed his cheek. She turned to the rest of the group. "I assure you, if any of you try that, you'll die. Now where were we?"

The Sheriff turned to Damon. "With your vervain and Alaric's weapons; they could be anywhere."

Damon was frustrated. His brother and the girl he loved were taken. "Come on guys, think. It takes a lot to hold a vampire. Reinforced steel, iron doors."

Matt suddenly piped up. "The Pastor has a cattle ranch." They all turned to him. "Those pens could easily be modified."

"It's remote, it's secluded." The doctor told them. They all nodded in agreement.

"Well, guess what? Looks like you get a chance to prove how sorry you really are. Let's go." Damon said to the blonde quarter back. Sara placed her hand on his chest and became Matt.

"Not happening. He stays, he lives." Matt/Sara stared down her father. Within minutes the group was loaded in Sara's vanquish and Klaus' SUV and away they went.

I hope you enjoyed, and sorry again for the time it took. Life is insane right now.

Let me know what you think.

Oh, and hey, so I want to give her some grave flaw, something that the Original, her family and Marcel/Davina have to over come. Something horrible she did in her past, is coming past to haunt her type deal, so if you guys have any idea as to what it should be, please let me know.

-Nicole