Twisted Love
Season Three
All My Children
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Vampire Diaries, I only own Grace and Fayth :)
As Damon awoke he felt a sharp pain in his head, rolling onto his side he saw Grace's side of the bed was completely empty and untouched and everything came rushing back. He had basically cheated on her with Rebekah Mikaelson, grabbing his phone quickly he dialled Grace's number and as predicted she didn't answer.
"Grace... I need to speak to you. Please call me back or text me or something. I love you. I really love you so much, so please. Please call me." He begged as he placed his phone back down on the side.
The door opened and Damon hoped for his little 5'2" Princess to walk in the room, but instead his younger brother walked in with an angry look on his face and a bag in his hands, he walked out to Damon's closest and began to throw Grace's things inside.
"What are you doing!" Damon growled as he jumped up from his lonely bed but Stefan continued to ignored him and carried on packing her delicate items of clothing and personal items "Hey! What the hell are you doing! That's Grace's stuff!"
"Yeah. And considering that you messed things up with Grace and she moved out, back with her sister, she needs all of her stuff, Damon. Elena just rang me asked me to get it for her." He glanced around the room looking for more of Grace's stuff "Where's her... underwear and stuff..."
"You do not touch Grace's things." Damon snatched the bag from his hand and quickly Stefan lashed out punching him in the face, the older vampire flew across the room outside into the bushes that lined the house "Dick." He muttered as he climbed back through shattered window into the tense room seeing Stefan was ready for a fight. "Let me take Grace her things..."
Stefan gritted his teeth, seeing the torn look on his brothers face before throwing the bag on the bed "I will get Elena to ring me if there is any trouble, I want you in and out, alright?" He ordered before turning and walking form the room.
Grace was sat alone in the guest room of the Gilbert house, the door was locked and she was laying on the mattress of the unmade bed with a bottle of vodka in her tiny hands pouring it down her throat, every so often she would hear Bonnie, Caroline and Elena talking about her.
"Grace." A soft voice and a swift knock came from the other side of the heavy wooden door "Can you please come out? We're starting to get really worried. I know Damon hurt you and I know you're upset about it, but please just come and talk about it." Elena begged, she hated seeing her twin like that, she felt so hopeless and frustrated, mostly at Damon, he was the one who did this to her...
"Get out!" Caroline ordered from downstairs "Elena!" Grace heard Elena's footsteps pounding down the stairs at lightening quick speed, someone they didn't want was in the house Elijah, Klaus, Stefan, Damon? One of them must be there disturbing the quiet harmony of the house.
As Elena approached the door she saw Bonnie and Caroline blocking Damon out, he had a distort look on his tanned face as he saw the woman he loves twin approaching him with a grim look "Please, Elena, just let me talk to her-"
"No." Elena told him before reaching back and punching him square in the face, he stepped back before looking forward at the girl, she felt so good getting that out of her system, Grace had always been the one that protect her, but now it was her turn to step forward "Get out and don't come back or I'll call Stefan and you'll have to leave..."
"I need to speak to her, explain why I did it." Damon called and the blonde vampire laughed loudly holding her stomach. That was a laugh! How could anyone ever thinking cheating was right, he had a solemn look on his face, he was a broken man without her and only Bonnie could seem to see this, due to her ability to be so calm and collect, looking through Elena's and Caroline's mist of anger.
"Why you were going to have sex with another woman? Because Klaus was moving in on her? Because she's better off with him? At least he would treat her right!" Caroline added with a harsh tone and Damon felt his heart break all over again, he braced his hand on the door frame as he looked at Elena with a pleading look in his icy eyes.
"Five minutes. That's all I'm asking. Please." He whispered as he moved closer to the door, Caroline was about to slam the door, but Bonnie held it open for him rolling her eyes as she let him through "Thank you. Thank you." He didn't hesitate as he zipped upstairs to hear music coming from Grace's room.
'Waiting for you, call I'm sick, call I'm angry, calling I'm desperate for your voice, listening to the song we used to sing, in the car, do you remember, butterfly, early summer, it's playing on repeat, just like when we would meet... Like when we would meet.'
His heart broke into a thousand tiny pieces as he approached the door, knocking on it twice gently there was no response from the other side, he knew that she wasn't going to be happy to hear his voice, but he had to see her.
Grace lay on her bed looking up at the ceiling, a sigh escaped her lips as the door knocked twice, it was probably Elena again checking if she was ok, it had been like that the last couple of hours, even in the middle of the night the smaller twin had heard her sister, or her friends creeping in to check she was alright.
"Grace." Damon's voice whispered from the other side of the door and she sat up, her heart aching as she heard his deep, soothing voice calling to her "Gracie. Please open the door. I need to see you. I need to apologise."
She couldn't find the words, she was hurting so much, her heart was completely shattered and wasn't sure if it was ever to repair, her bottom lip quivered as small tears cascaded down her cheeks and she stifled the sobs that would follow.
"Grace. I know you're in there and I know you can hear me, so please just listen." He begged as he pressed his forehead to the wooden door "I'm so sorry for what I have done to you, and I know you have every right to never forgive me, but I can't live that way. I need you and only you..." He paused waiting for some kind of movement for speaking, but she remained silent
All she could think of was the look of pleasure that was on Rebekah's smug face when they were making out, her heart felt as if it was about to just explode within her chest, break into a thousand piece, things would be a lot more simpler if she just... turned it off.
She couldn't deny had contemplated it, after the first couple of hours of sobbing she wanted to just forget about whatever feelings she had for Damon and move on, but her head told her no! But now hearing him so torn up due to her departure she began to think about it again.
"I-I have some clothes out here for you... I'll leave them out here." Damon announced, she heard him sniffle as a duffle bag hit the ground "If you ever want to talk, or see me, please call. I love you still so much and... and I just want you to be happy again." He whispered as he turned and walked away, she heard his footsteps heading for the ground floor.
Standing up from her seat on the double bed she wandered over to door, she unlocked it and peaked outside to see the empty hallway, grabbing the bag she pulled it inside and slammed the door shut not hesitating in locking it. As she began to get all of her clothes out she didn't fail to notice a small, antique, dark wooden box, prying it open she saw precious personal items, pictures of her family, jewellery, love notes.
One picture stood out the most, the picture Niklaus had given to her on her birthday, of herself and her adoption parents, picking it up she sobbed a little before falling to the ground, life had gotten so hard and she would have know what to say, or what to do, Grace was lost and confused as to where to go.
Damon opened the door and turned suddenly when he heard Grace's door open, but had soon as it did it slammed shut again, the lock twisting sharply, he let out a small sigh as he dried his tears and opened the front door "You were stupid." Elena's snide voice came from behind him, he turned to her and saw the grim look pressed on her face "Even thinking about doing that to someone as good as Grace... You've broken her."
"And I want to fix it-"
"But that would be so selfish Damon, she needs time; she needs some time to get away from Mystic Falls, get away from you more importantly and have a breather... She just... you need to stay away from her, that's not a request that a order. Do you understand?" Elena took slow steps towards him and he gulped as he stepped back bashing into the door "I will even hire a bodyguard to make sure you come no where near my sister, because you and that slut did this to her and I don't want her hurt again."
"But, Elena. I love Grace-"
"Well, you're going to have to learn to accept the fact that she might have run out of love for you." Elena hissed and Damon flinched from her words, was she right? Had Grace had enough of his games and bullshit? He nodded a little, a pain stricken look on his eyes.
"I'm... I'm sorry." Damon stuttered before turning and walking from the house, closing the door firmly shut behind him and then walking back to his car, he turned to look onto the second floor, the curtains on Grace's window twitched before he turned back around and leaving.
Elijah was walking around his mother's study looking for anything out of the ordinary, it wasn't that he didn't believe his mother, or Elena. It's that he didn't trust them enough not to lie to him, as he had betrayed them before. He noticed a burnt substance in a bowl, leaning close he could smell the distinct smell of burnt sage.
Downstairs in Klaus' mansion Rebekah walked in the room freshly showered, Kol and Klaus looked up at her, one was extremely angry, the other had a knowing smirk "Well, aren't you quite the little home wrecker." Kol announced as Rebekah looked over at him, Klaus narrowed his eyes at his sister before standing up.
"Shut up, Kol." She hissed "Are you actually angry with me, Nik? I made it easier for you with Grace now, she is so pissed at Damon you actually stand a chance..." She shrugged a little as she pulled her blonde tresses up into a high pony tail.
"I wanted her happy, even if that was with him, but I suppose I should thank you..." He paused for a moment seeing the amused look on his younger brothers face. It was true, he would hate to see Grace this broken and feared what he would do to Damon if he saw him again.
"Listen, I'm bored. Our sister is a strumpet, but at least she's having fun. I need entertainment..." Kol announced as he rose from his seat, he had been stuck in a coffin for over a century, he needed some kind of fun with a woman, with Caroline hopefully.
"What are you waiting for? Go on, have at it." Klaus told him as he poured himself a whiskey, Rebekah was sorting out of her clothes, trying to find accessories for her outfit that she was wearing.
"It's not fun to go alone." Kol countered with a knowing smirk "we can go pick up that gorgeous little Grace on the way, maybe Caroline, too. Join me, Nik! It's the least you can do after sticking a dagger in my heart." He threw him a look and the older brother chuckled darkly.
"Ok." Klaus nodded a little standing up from his seat by the piano "Why not? I didn't nearly have enough to drink last night, what with you trying to murder Rebekah's date... and being knocked out by Grace's ex... is that what he is now, Bekah? An ex to Grace, due to you." She lunched a shoe at him aggressively and he dodge it as both brothers laughed.
"Just go." Rebekah ordered with a deathly low voice, in some ways she felt slightly guilty for what she had done to Grace and Damon, but she had originally daggered her so she was holding a grudge.
Elijah walked into the living room to see Rebekah was flicking through some fashion magazine, he walked towards her with the burnt sage in his hands "Rebekah." He called and she looked up at him a little tired "I'm worried about mother. Have you not noticed her strange behaviour?" He questioned keeping his voice low.
"She's been dead for a thousand years. What's strange for her?" Rebekah countered with a small shrug as her older brother took a seat next to her holding his hand out so she could see the burnt sage in his hand.
"Burnt sage." He informed her "She was going a privacy spell." Which in turn meant she had something to hide, or was plotting something she didn't want anyone to know about.
"You know she fancies such things." Rebekah replied looking up into the soft eyes of her brother "Why don't you ask Finn? He's been doting on her." She had noticed the strange behaviour of both her older brother and mother, but didn't want to say anything.
"I don't trust Finn." Elijah answered shaking his head, he knew how Finn truly felt about what they were and knew he was willing to do anything to put an end to it "He hates what we are, he always has."
"That's not true." Rebekah tisked "And as for mother, she returned for one reason, to make our family whole." Without their father "She loves us. What trouble are you looking to find?" She questioned closing her magazine.
"She is just in so much pain." Elena told Bonnie as they sat in the room next to Grace's, due to her vampire hearing she could hear them, she pulled her knees up into her chest as small tears streaked down her cheeks at a fast pace. "I hate seeing her like this, I hate him for doing this to her."
"I know, Elena, but what you did was for the best, he's hurt her and he doesn't deserve her..." Bonnie retorted to her friend as they continued to do whatever they were doing.
"But I just feel... I just feel as if they were meant to be... Like Damon is Grace's epic love." Elena paused and Grace stifled her sobs even more, maybe Damon was her one and only and she would never be able to forgive him and hen would have to spend eternity alone.
Grace pulled herself up from where she was sitting to walk over to her dressing table, leaning down she looked at herself in the mirror, her usually tranquil chocolate brown eyes were dull and faded, glassy from the tears, she had make-up smeared all over her face and her clothes were torn and tattered.
Then something shiny caught her eye looking at the elegant heart necklace that lay around her neck she yanked it from her neck, breaking the chain, and then throwing it to the floor a small whimper falling from her pouted lips. As she lay back down on the bed she let out the smallest of sighs as sleep took over her, falling into a tranquil sleep, it seemed to be the only place she wasn't haunted by him.
Grace's Dream
"I love you, Grace. Only you. I hunger for you. Ever since you were a soft, little human. I will always love you. Forever." Damon told her in a sure voice as he moved towards her, the younger vampires heart melted as he advanced over to her, but as he got there he stopped dead when a whoosh of air glided elegantly through the room.
"Damon." Rebekah's slick British voice called from beside them, he turned away from Grace and sauntered over to the beautiful blonde planting a passionate kiss on her lips and Grace was yanked violently from her dream.
"No!" Grace screamed as she sat upright, she couldn't be free if them both anywhere, in her dreams, in reality, her stomach churned at the sickness of thinking of them together, her head hurt thinking about it.
In Elena's room Bonnie sat with the doppelgänger as they tried to learn the sage burning spell that Esther had used the night of the Mikaelson ball in order to keep privacy between them.
"Do you think I did the right thing?" Elena whispered, she didn't know if the spell was working and she didn't know if Grace could hear her "I mean, I'm just trying to protect her... I can't even imagine what she's going through. Is it working?" She questioned when the door suddenly opened and the blonde vampire was stood there, arms crossed over her chest.
"It's not working." She confirmed in a low voice "And if I can hear everything you're saying about Damon, the vampire gigolo, then so can Grace!" She added in a sharp tone and both nodded understanding.
"I don't know." Bonnie murmured as she shook her head gently, this spell was new to her, and wasn't written down in her grimoire "It's a tricky spell."
"When Esther did it she kept the sage burning. There was a lot of smoke." She informed her and Bonnie nodded a little.
"Alright." She agreed as she relight the sage again "Try it again." She ordered and the vampire turned and walked from the room closing the door behind her "Speaking of Esther, you should know that she came to see me and Abby this morning."
"And all this time you let me vent about Grace and Damon!" Elena's eyes flew open wide with shock as she looked over at her friend.
"I don't want you to worry." Bonnie answered, she had enough worry and anger due to The Salvatore's and her sister that she didn't wan to make her any worse.
"Ok, well, what did she want?" Elena looked over at her witch friend who just shrugged a little.
"She wanted to introduce herself. Abby and I helped bring her back. She's channeling our entire ancestral bloodline for power. I think she thought she was being polite." Bonnie replied as she looked over at Elena, she had a fairly worried look on her face.
"Ok, well, is there a way to stop her from channeling you?" Elena questioned in a small voice watching the sage burn, it wasn't the same as before.
"Even if there was, why would I want that?" Bonnie's voice was full of suspicion, getting rid of the Original's was all they had ever wanted, to not have Klaus sniffing around, or Elijah, or Rebekah, just to have them all gone and try to restore life to normality, well as much normality they could get in Mystic Falls.
"I just keep thinking... Before the sun and the moon ritual, Elijah found a way to keep me alive. And now I'm in the exact same position and I'm just going to let him die? It just doesn't feel right..." She added as the door burst open and the blonde vampire stood there with a set look on her face, she was so angry with Elena for trying to sympathise with the Originals.
"Ok. First of all, this privacy thing is totally not working. Second. Elena, you are not doing this, Esther is doing this." Caroline told her in a firm voice and the doppelgänger nodded timidly, guilt still rolling inside of her.
Bonnie sighed a little, leaning over to rub her best friends shoulder soothingly "There's no time to change your mind, Elena. He'll be dead by the end of the night."
"What?"
"It's a full moon. Esther needs to harness the energy of a celestial event. She asked me and Abby to join her." The witch replied with a solemn look on her features.
Damon grabbed himself a glass of blood, nothing seemed to be numbing the pain of losing Grace, at least when Klaus took her he had the hope of finding her again and taking her back, but he had ruined it with her and Elena had ordered him to stay away. That had hurt him more than anything.
He figured Elena was right, she needed space, and with Klaus about to be killed with the rest of his psycho Original family then that space could in no way push her closer to Klaus, he would give her what she needed, then they would get back together and make up passionately.
"Did you go and give the stuff to Grace?" Stefan walked into the room, normally he would side with his older brother, but this time he was in the wrong and he wasn't going to put up with it.
"Yep. And don't worry, brother, she hates me. She didn't even say a word to me." He grabbed another glass and filled it with blood for his brother "Join me in a victory drink, for when we finish Klaus."
"Shouldn't we wait until, I don't know, he's actually dead." Stefan retorted in a low voice and his older brother returned an eye roll.
"Why are you so extra broody? There is nothing that can go wrong in this plan. It's fool proof. Better yet, it's Elena proof." He added and Stefan emitted a low growl from his throat "Listen, I know you're probably pissed about what happened between Grace and I, but... we just need to put that behind us for now so this plan goes right."
"You think Elena is going to screw it up, don't you?" Stefan looked over at his brother, anger was bubbling inside of him as he spoke about the woman he loved, just because Damon had ruined his love didn't mean Stefan had.
"I think someone needs to speak to her." Damon retorted wiggling his eye brows "And considering she threatened to hire a bodyguard to keep me away then it should be you..." He paused for a minute before looking at his brother with an almost torn look "And maybe... Maybe you could check on Grace, she might speak to you."
There was a swift knock at the door, Elena bounded down the stairs and opened the door to reveal the handsome Original Elijah, he had a dashing day suit on with a charming smile playing on his lips.
"Elena." He greeted leaning casually against the door frame, she could see his muscular chest at the top of his shirt, he had a fair few buttons undone and she couldn't help but have a good look.
"Elijah." She kept her voice level, he was most certainly a breath taking specimen with his deep chocolate brown eyes and short, spiky dark brown hair, tanned skin and muscular body.
"I don't mean to intrude. I was hoping you might accompany me. I want to show you something." He informed her and she was quick to agree, feeling the guilt of what was to happen to Elijah she would do anything anything for him.
The walked around the woods, Elena couldn't remember the last time she was in here, maybe when they freed Katherine and Fayth, or maybe during the ritual, but other than that she wasn't sure.
"Forgot how much I missed this land." Elijah mused as he looked around the beautiful woods, he enjoyed being outside, so he could clear his head, get back to nature, not to have to put up with his brothers or sister and just be himself.
"I can't even imagine what it must have been like a thousand years ago." Elena replied as she looked around, obviously she didn't know the land from before she was born.
"You know, your school was built over an Indian village. Where I saw my first werewolf. The town square was where the natives would gather to worship. Matter of fact, near that, there was an field where wild horses use to graze." He pointed to all these amazingly places, and right now Elena just could see it, but she could imagine, wish she was there.
"That's incredibly."
"Come." He motioned her further into the woods, he hated what he was about to do, but he needed to know what was going on with his mother and Finn, he couldn't risk his life anymore.
"Do you know this place too?"
"I do." Elijah confirmed with a curt nod "Below us is a carven I used to play in as a boy. Connects to a system of tunnels that stretch across the entire area. Perhaps it's nature's way of providing us with shelter against the savagery of the full moon. My mother said there must be a balance."
"Elijah, I should probably go home." Elena went to turn, the Original was beginning to scare he, she was bout to blurt out his others plan, or he was about to work it out for himself... Either way he wasn't going to be happy.
"I admire you, Elena." Elijah noted in a low voice "You remind me of qualities I valued long before my mother turned us. It's not in your nature to be deceitful and yet when I ask about your meeting with my mother the other night, you lied to my face." He turned to look at the guilt written all over her face.
"That's not true. I told you that all your mother wanted was a new start." Elena wanted so badly to tell him the truth, but she was already in too deep.
"I can hear your heartbeat." He informed her, her human heartbeat was going ten to the dozen as she tried to lie to him "It jumps when you're being dishonest with me. You lied to me at the ball, you are lying to me now. Tell me the truth."
"I never wanted this to happen." Elena whimpered.
"What? Elena?" He growled stepping towards her, she looked up into his monstrous dark brown eyes.
"We were told that whatever was going to be in the coffin was going to kill Klaus." Elena informed him to start and he nodded waiting for her to continue "When we found out that it was your mother... We didn't know what to think."
"Since her return she says she only wants this family whole again-"
"When she asked me, I... I thought maybe she could help. That she would find a way to kill Klaus. It's not just Klaus that she wants to kill." She looked up at him as his eyes widened, he finally understand that his mother wanted all of her children dead.
"She want to kill us all, doesn't she?" Elijah mused as he watched the timid doppelgänger in front of him "She wants to undo the evil she created."
"I'm so sorry, Elijah." Elena whimpered "I wish there was something I could do to help." She begged, but from what she knew there was nothing she could do to undo the bond, and no one that would help her.
"You know, one thing I've learned in my life on this Earth... be careful what you wish for." Suddenly Elijah stomped down and the Earth crumbled below their feet, he caught Elena in his arms and they dropped before into the cavern.
When Elena knew that Elijah was gone she dug her phone out of her pocket with her trembling hands and looked at the screen, no signal was available in this part of the cavern.
"No, from what Bonnie and Elena told me Grace has stepped foot out of her room and I actually haven't heard anything from Elena in the past hour." Alaric informed Damon over the phone, he had been calling trying to keep tabs on Grace and her sister.
"Neither of them are answering their phone."
"Well, I'm surprised you have time to call, what with all this almost Original sex you've been having." Alaric retorted gaining a look from Meredith, he gave her a don't worry look and she shrugged as she tilted her glass back absentmindedly.
"Ugh... I'm going to guess Elena told you." Damon growled as he drunk some more blood mixed with whisky, he let out a growl as he waited for Alaric to respond.
"Maybe."
"Well, did she also tell you that she is having an attack of conscience about this whole Original murder thing?" Damon retorted in an incredibly low voice, it was just like Elena to get involved with this, she had already told him to stay away, which she was, and now she was going around telling everyone.
"Hey, listen, I'm not going to judge her for having a conscience." Alaric retorted, that was what he admired about Elena most, her humanity, her compassion even in the most dire situations.
"Well, you don't have to judge her. Just tie her up, lock her in her room, till this is all over." Damon told him firmly and Alaric rolled his eyes, pinching the bridge of his nose with his thumb and forefinger.
"Well, I wouldn't even if I could and I can't because I'm busy." Alaric retorted in a short voice making the vampire on the other end scoff loudly.
"Busy doing what?"
"Don't worry about it..." Alaric answered trying to sound not so suspicious, after everything they have been through Damon had still not taken a shine to Meredith.
"Are you with sexy, psycho doctor?" Damon smirked a little and the teacher felt anger bubbling inside of him as he let out a hiss.
"Why don't you go see your girlfriend? Oh no, wait, you screwed it up with her." Alaric quickly hit end of his phone before shoving it back in his pocket to see the look he was getting from Meredith "Sorry about that." He muttered.
"Does he still think I'm a serial killer?" Meredith questioned with a fairly amused look in her eyes, she smirked before budging him a little bit.
"He's a little judgemental, when he clearly has no right to be." Alaric told her and she laughed looking over at him.
"Speaking of. Your x-rays were inconclusive. Your knife wound was already semi-healed. It's impossible to tall anything about whoever stabbed you. Short, tall. Left handed, right handed." She listed the continuous details of whoever could have tried to end Alaric "No clue."
"Well, what about my head?" Alaric questioned, that night he hadn't remembered anything about who had attacked him, it was just strange how the whole night seemed a blur, he couldn't remember a single detail, apart from when Elena and Matt got there, he hadn't had drunk that much... "Why can't I remember anything about the attack?"
"Your CT scans were clear. Maybe you were compelled to forget." She lowered her voice, vampires had the handy trick of being able to hear very well.
"Wait... you think the killer's a... a vampire?" Alaric questioned as he went through the list of suspects in his head, most vampires were supposedly his friend, then there was the Originals, but the dangerous ones were able to get in the Gilbert house, so it was someone with an open invitation and a thirst for blood?
"There are no other suspects. It's the obvious conclusion." She glanced to her side when Kol and Klaus both approached the bar, both dress smart, with dashing smiles on their faces.
"Oh come on now. Let's not go blaming the new family in town just because you lot have got yourselves a killer at large." Klaus chuckled as he ordered two drinks from the bar gaining grim looks from both Meredith and Alaric "Don't mind us. My brother and I are just here to let off some steam, right Kol?"
"Right." Kol nodded eyeing Meredith up and down seductively, she rolled her eyes and turned away from him towards Alaric.
Elena was beginning to panic as she stood in the bottom of the cavern looking around still trying to get some kind of service when suddenly Rebekah appeared blocking her exit from the cave.
"Going somewhere?"
"What are you doing here?" The doppelgänger felt rage burning inside of her when she thought of the slut Original who had seduced Damon and spilt Grace and him up.
"Not much." She shrugged a little inspecting her manicured nails "Unless you try to run. In witch case, I get you kill you." She flashed her a sadistic grin.
Klaus dug his phone from his pocket and looked at the screen for a moment before searching for a contact Grace was written and he hit call holding the phone to his ear, hoping she would answer, but knowing she never would.
"Hey, this is Grace, leave a message, or don't. Whatever." Her voicemail announced and Klaus rolled his eyes, he hated these things, it was just another way for her to ignore him.
"Grace, sweetheart. I know you're really upset with Damon right now and you should know, I'm here if you want to talk, about anything, I hate knowing you're upset. Please call me back." he hit end and Kol chuckled beside him.
"You are never going to give up on her are you? Rebekah has told me all about you two... The chase, it is so unlike you Nik... I suppose she is rather good looking." Kol smirked as he looked down at his phone.
"You don't know anything about Grace and I." Klaus told his brother in a low snarl "So I suggest you stay out. Alright?" He growled and Kol chuckled throwing his head back at his brother who was getting defensive.
"Calm down, brother. No need to get so... crazy over this girl."
"I'm warning you, Kol. End this conversation now unless you want it to be your last." Klaus growled giving his brother a deathly look and the younger brother just rolled his eyes turning back to the bar.
Grace pulled her phone out of the draw it was in and looked to see she had so many miss calls and voicemails, tolling through them all most was just by Damon.
"Grace, I love you. Call me."
"Please. I know you probably hate me, but I just need you hear your voice. I need to know you're ok. That's we're going to be ok. One day."
"I'm begging you. Call me. This is killing me not being able to speak to you. Knowing how upset you are. Please, Gracie, just call me."
She skipped over the others but stopped on a certain one, the voice sent chills down her spine as she listened.
"Grace, this is Elijah. I heard what happened between you and Damon and I am very sorry to hear it, but there are many people out here that are worried about you. Call one of us back, thank you." The messaged ended and she stared down at her phone as the next one played.
"Hey, Grace, it's Tyler, I, uh, I got a message from Care this morning saying that you and Damon... Well that you two broke up because of... reasons, but I want you to know everything is going to be ok... I'll catch you later, Gilbert."
She gulped, everyone knew, everyone knew about her break up which meant everyone was talking about it and was picking sides which broke her heart into tiny pieces. The next out started and her jaw dropped open as she listened to the British voice spill through.
"Grace, sweetheart. I know you're really upset with Damon right now and you should know, I'm here if you want to talk, about anything, I hate knowing you're upset. Please call me back." Klaus told her in a torn voice and that was the final message.
Stefan walked into the house after searching everywhere for Elena, he had tried to get hold of her and was beginning to worry about her safety, with the Original's around everything was unexpected.
"I can't find her anywhere." He announced as he walked into the living room to see Elijah sat casually near the fire and Damon standing across the room watching him intently.
"Hello, Stefan." The Original purred as the younger vampire walked into the room.
"He has Elena." Damon informed him and Stefan stiffened at the words, he couldn't believe that Elijah had betrayed them once again, just when you think you can trust a person.
"Actually, she's with Rebekah. As you can imagine, my sister is just dying to tear her throat out. So... if you want to save Elena's life, I need you to help me stop my mother." Elijah told them both and they narrowed their eyes.
"I'm a little embarrassed to admit, but when it comes to killing thousand year old resurrected witches, I'm a little rusty." Damon retorted in a deeply sarcastic voice making Elijah narrowed his dark brown orbs.
"Yes, unfortunately, even when killed my mother doesn't seem to want to stay dead." Elijah added referring to the time where his step-brother Niklaus had ended his mothers life "Not with the spirits of nature at her side."
"So, what are we supposed to do?" Stefan questioned watching the Original carefully, he would do anything to ensure Elena's safety.
"The witches that released my mother, she's drawing her power from their bloodline, that line needs to be broken." Elijah informed them both and Stefan creased their eye brows a little confused with where the Original was going with this.
"Broken?" He questioned.
"Yeah, he means." Damon make a cutting motions with his finger over his neck saying that he was going to have to kill them to make sure the line was broken.
Stefan looked directly over at a calm Elijah trying to hide the surprise "You want us to kill them."
"You know I'd do it myself, but I have absolutely no idea where they are. Besides, seeing me, they'd immediately know my intent. They won't expect to be harm by the likes of you. In any case, you have until six minutes after nine to find them." Elijah glanced down at his wrist watch before hearing a smirk from Damon.
"Oh, how super specific of you." He announced wondering why Elijah was being so specific.
"By 9:07, the moon will be full, my mother will have the power she needs to kill me and my family. If you do not stop her before then, Rebekah will kill Elena. Then will go after Grace. So we all have out timeline? I suggest you get started." He turned and walked from the room.
"Alright, love, now look into the camera." Rebekah announced pointing her phone at Elena as they stood down in the underground cavern.
"What are you doing?" Elena looked over at the blonde Original who was grinning menacingly at her as she held her phone in front of her.
"Shooting a picture to inspire your boyfriend." Rebekah answered "Oh, how about we get Grace involved in this?" She held her hand out for Elena's phone "Give me your phone."
"No."
"Give it to me!" Rebekah screamed and Elena abruptly dropped her phone and Rebekah was quick to retrieve it seeing that she had service she quickly called the doppelgänger's sister.
"What's up Elena?" Grace asked as she picked up her phone, there was something not right about her voice, it was dull and monotone, bare of any emotion as she listened and waited for her sister to respond.
"Try again." Rebekah taunted as she held the phone out, it was on speaker phone, Elena watched in horror as they spoke to one another.
"What are you doing with Elena's phone?" Grace demanded in a low growl as Rebekah just laughed her off.
"Well, why don't you come and find us, join the party." Rebekah replied as she leaned back against the wall "I am missing my pretty little brunette friend, your sister is dull as dishwater..." She answered flashing Elena a grin "No offence."
"Why don't you do us all a favour and drop dead." Grace hissed, they could hear her changing her clothes. "You know the funny thing about you Rebekah? You once said to me that you wanted love and companionship, but you can't have it, so you're willing it take it away from someone else. Low blow, Bekah. Keeping acting like this and no one will ever love you."
"You know, I did almost sleep with Damon, so I'll let you have that one." Rebekah shrugged a little, that did really hurt her, but she didn't want to show weakness in Grace's eyes "Come find us. We can banter some more." She hung up the phone before placing it back on the floor.
"I guess you think I had this coming, huh?" Elena questioned looking over at the blonde who was shocked by her sudden talking "After what I did to you? After what Grace and I did to you." She added.
"You know, I don't want I want more, to find out we're saved or to find out it's alright to kill you. Then your sister." Rebekah hissed trying to keep her cool, but her anger kept flaring up.
"That isn't my fault. I wanted to get rid of Klaus. At one point, so did you." Elena reminded her and the blonde looked over narrowing her bright blue orbs "I didn't know that your mom was planning on killing all of you."
"Do you think I want to spend what could be my last few hours of my life having idle chit-chat with a girl who literally stabbed me in the back?" The Original scoffed loudly "Of course not! But for some reason, everybody seems to want to bend over backwards to save your life, which is incredibly annoying, but makes you the perfect hostage." She taunted lowering her voice "So, why don't you sit down and shut up before I ruin everything by ripping your head off."
Grace walked out of her bedroom to see the beautiful red roses Damon had given her, a small tear trickled down her cheek and she zipped away from them. It hurt her too much to think of him, yet it almost killed her being away from it, she was truly torn.
She was amazed as she got outside into the dull sun under the growing clouds, twilight would soon be upon them, looking around her took in her surroundings searching for Elena's scent, She couldn't find it anywhere so she went to the only place she could think of, the Grill.
Stefan was down in the basement of the Salvatore Boarding looking at the hospital blood bags the brothers kept in there holding one in his hands just staring at it, Damon stomped down the stairs to see him observing the bag intently, he leant casually against the wall, arms crossed over his chest.
"Clock's ticking." Damon informed him "You gonna help me brainstorm a plan to save the love of your life or are you too busy fixing yourself a snack?" He asked him cocking an dark eye brown in a questioning way.
"We need to call Bonnie." Stefan replied firmly as he turned to his older brother "There's got to be way to for her to stop Esther from channeling all that power." He added his voice was softer than before.
"A) What if she's with Esther? B) What is she can't cut her off? C) I don't know how any of this stuff works. D) Neither do you!" Damon told him in a firm voice, anything they would do would be better than anything, but they had to act quick before Elijah made the call to Rebekah.
"You got a better plan?" Stefan looked over the the icy blue eyed man, he seemed colder than usual, maybe it was before of his emotions and Grace being out of his life, he was hurting and his younger brother could see this.
"Worst case scenario, simple mechanics... Can't draw power from a dead battery." Damon suggested and Stefan looked over at him a little shocked, was he really suggesting that they kill Bonnie and her mother, he couldn't be serious.
"Kill them."
"It if comes to that." Damon retorted in a hard voice before grabbing the blood bag from his hand, popping it open and taking a quick swig before handing it back to Stefan, the beautiful bloody sensation filled his whole body drawing him in.
"There's got to be another way." Stefan contemplated, killing Bonnie was a terrible idea, Grace and Elena would never forever them, it already seemed as if they never would, he didn't want to push it any further.
"Well, what if I told you I had a less diabolical plan." He smirked a little as he held up the silver dagger, the one he got Grace to take out of Elijah when they made the plan to bring him back and end Klaus.
"You want to dagger Elijah."
"They're all linked." Damon answered with a small shrug "One goes down, they all go down. The witches live, Elena's safe, Grace forgives me, problem solved." He answered, Stefan could see his true intention, if he looked the hero then Grace would be able to forgive him, but it wasn't that simple.
"We don't know if that'll effect Klaus."
"Ironically, Klaus isn't our current problem..." Damon shrugged and he was right, Barbie Original and crazy Elijah was and it would most certainly work on, but one problem stood before them, if a vampire used the dagger then they would die.
"Dagger is lethal to any vampire who uses it." Stefan stated and Damon grinned a little, he had already solved that problem.
"Well, I just so happen to know someone crazy enough to give it a shot."
"Yeah, no, they're still here." Alaric answered as he spoke on the phone to Damon, every so often he would glance over at Klaus and Kol who were at the bar drinking "Yeah, they've drank their way through half of the Grill's liquor supply." He was shocked when Grace walked in looking at little distressed "Your ex just walked in."
"Grace." He whispered before he let out a small sigh "Stick to the plan. Divide and conquer. First, we need a little blond distraction..." he informed him as Caroline walked into the room right on cue giving Alaric a look as he hung up.
"Grace." She whispered as she walked over to the brunette as she glanced around the room "Are you ok?"
"No, Rebekah has Elena, she called me, Care-" Grace whispered and Caroline over her mouth before pointing her manicured nail to her own temple speaking in her head to Grace, knowing she would hear due to her telepathy.
"Listen, we're sorting everything out, I need you to do me a favour, it will be easier to distract Kol if you distract Klaus, take him anywhere. Alaric is going to dagger Kol and that will stop the others, the link... Just don't cause a scene..." She gave Grace as she slowly peeled her hand away from Grace's mouth and looked and they both nodded before they walked past the Originals.
"Grace." Klaus purred as both of the females walked past him and his brother, he smirked at her.
It didn't take long for Kol to noticed beautiful Caroline with the younger vampire, he grinned at her as he announced her name in a greeting "Caroline."
"Oh, it's you." Caroline muttered as she looked at Kol, rolling her silvery orbs a little, Klaus gave Grace the smallest of smiles and she returned it.
"Grace, sweetheart, Can we talk?" Klaus asked taking her hand a little leading her out of the door and Kol grinned charmingly at the blonde that was left alone in the busy Grill.
"Well, those two seem to hit it off, how about joining a lonely vampire for a drink?" Kol smirked at her and she rolled her eyes.
"Get over yourself." She hissed as she turned on her heels and walked over to the pool table the Original smirked, she wanted to play a game and he was more than willing to play.
Klaus led Grace outside and they sat down on a bench across the road, she was completely and silent and he could see that she was hurting a lot, the way she trembled and looked away.
"I'm sorry for what Rebekah did, I know it means nothing coming from me, but I am sorry that you are so hurt." Klaus ghost his hand down her back and she let out a small sigh looking up into his mixed colour eyes "And I want you to know that you can talk to me any time that you need to."
"Thank you." Grace's voice was soft as she looked out into the night, she could have sworn she saw a set of icy blue orbs watching her, but quickly shook away the thought "Can we not talk about Damon and your sister? It's too soon."
"Of course." Klaus smiled a little "Talk to me. Come on, give me another chance. I dare you." He brushed his hands in her long chocolate brown hair and she shivered at the feeling, he edged closer to her "I'll have you know that I can actually be quite good company."
"Alright." She agreed in a small smile that was spreading over her juicy lips, guilt washed over her as she thought of the plan Caroline had told her ago "So, Niklaus, what do you want to talk about?"
"I want to talk about you." He took her hand softly holding it in his own, for the moment it felt good being with someone that cared for her, maybe someone that would mend her heart "Your hopes, your dreams, everything you want in your eternity... Everything you need in your eternity." He added and she let out a shallow breath looking up into his eyes that were fixed on hers.
"I don't know what I want." She admitted in a whispered "A one point I thought I did, honestly, I thought I had it all, but... now? Will anything ever be the same?"
"Why would you want it to be? The same is boring." Klaus answered looking at her "You need something in your life that will never be the same, that will never bore you, that will never betray you." He added and she let out the small of sighs "You deserve everything and more, Grace Gilbert. Now, that might not be me and that might not be Damon, but I do know that you deserve someone that makes you very happy."
Kol was standing watching Caroline play pool with Meredith, he smirked as he walked up behind her helping her line up her shot, the blonde froze completely before shrugging him off.
"Never do that again." She threatened in a low voice, as charming and sophisticated as Kol was she was in love with Tyler and that was final, no matter how much he flirted or anything he did that would never change her feelings for Tyler, her wolf.
"Sorry, love, I was just trying to help." Kol answered taking a step away from the girl holding his hands up defensively "You're feisty, I love that in a woman..."
"Why don't you just get lost, I'm really not interested. I have a boyfriend." She made herself very clear and Kol couldn't help but chuckled, he knew all about Klaus' sire bond over her boyfriend, his older brother had filled him in.
"Ah, yes. The hybrid that would do anything for my lovely brother." Kol shrugged a little and her silvery orbs narrowed as she turned away from him "Oh, come on, don't be like that. It's not like it's secret... So where is he at the moment? If I had a girl like you I wouldn't leave her alone for a second..." He ran his finger tips down her arm.
"I'm pretty sure she told you to get lost." Alaric told Kol in a firm voice as he walked over handing Meredith her drink, Kol turned and eyed the teacher up and down a laugh falling from his perfect lips.
"I'm pretty sure I don't care." Kol turned back so he was facing Caroline, suddenly a sharp pain stabbed into his back, he jolted forward and began to turn grey, again he had been daggered and would stay that way.
"Next time, take a hint." Alaric hissed in a low voice.
Rebekah felt something inside of her began to encase in stone, she gasped as she dropped to the floor turning grey, something was wrong it wasn't even a full moon yet, her mother could not have started the ritual.
Elena quickly took her chance and ran past the dying girl and tried to find an exit, but the place was like a maze, a deadly dark maze filled with booby-traps to kill vampires if she even took the wrong exit.
Outside the witch house where Esther, Bonnie and Abby were setting up for the spell to kill the Originals they heard a loud thud, turning they saw the Original willing to give up his life dying on the floor.
"Something's wrong." The oldest witch muttered.
Klaus suddenly put his hand over his heart feeling a stabbing pain, but nothing was effecting him like his siblings, they were curling up into balls dying, obviously the daggers didn't effect him even if it was just through his brother.
"Klaus, what's wrong?" Grace stood up looking a little concerned, he held onto her shoulder gripping her for support, she sat him in the floor kneeling between his legs "What's wrong?"
"What's happened?" He whispered leaning his head back, just because the daggers power wasn't working on him didn't mean the pain wasn't there, she placed her hand over his heart feeling his warm blood spread over her hands.
"Oh my God." She whispered, Grace was almost shocked she thought she could be glad to see the back of Niklaus, but it was hurting her seeing him like this, he stared deep into her eyes and saw her pain, he ran his thumb over her bottom lip making sure it stopped trembling for a moment.
Alaric dragged Kol's dead body out into back ally behind the Grill to see Damon and Stefan waiting for him, they helped him drag him further in when suddenly the human was knocked against the wall brutally.
Grace was standing at the top of the stairs with Klaus' blood layering her hands looking down at them all, she quickly spirited down them when Stefan went to attack him, but Klaus knocked him out cold too before pulling the dagger out of his brother.
"Niklaus, stop!" She screamed as he went for Damon, the hybrid held him against the wall growling menacingly, his amber eyes glowing with danger as the younger vampire watched "Stop."
"I should have killed you months ago. Taken Grace for myself then you wouldn't have been such an idiot and she wouldn't have a broken heart!" Klaus growled as he shook him making Damon's head smack the wall violently, the young vampire cringed.
"Do it." Damon dared, he felt as if he didn't have anything to live for anymore, without the girl he loved he was so empty inside "It's not going to stop Esther from killing you."
"What did you say about my mother?" Klaus growled tightening his grip around his neck, Grace resisted running over and pulling them off each other, her dark eyes were wide with concern and she was almost frozen with fear.
"You didn't know I was friends with your mummy? Yeah, we have a lot in common. She hates you as much as I do." Klaus was about to rip Damon's head off but Grace screamed for him to stop and stupidly pushed in the middle of them her back to Damon and hands on Klaus' chest looking up into his golden hybrid eyes, Elijah appeared next to them hauling Klaus away.
"Leave him!" Elijah ordered throwing his arm around Niklaus' neck making sure he held him back, Grace turned to Damon giving him a horrified look "We still need them, Niklaus."
"What did mother do?" Klaus shrugged his brother off and turned to look at him "What did she do, Elijah?" He ordered as Elijah turned back to Damon whilst he held a phone out in his hand, it wasn't for him to have it was a threat.
"You tell me where the witches are or I'll have my sister kill Elena right now." The older Original threatened and Grace stiffened looking over at him, she was surprised that it was all Elijah's idea, he had always been so nice and kind in her eyes, but he was threatening to kill her sister.
"Elijah." Grace whispered tears brewing in her eyes, he looked down at her for a moment before looking back up at Damon with a questionable look.
"You told me we had until after nine." Damon answered looking over at him and Elijah smiled momentarily before shaking his head.
"I'm sure Rebekah will be more than happy to start her work early."
In the cavern Elena was making her way through trying to find her exit but was completely lost, when suddenly she recognised the native writing on the wall, she looked around her and screamed when she saw the blonde was awake and standing in front of her.
"Boo." She announced in a cold voice filled with death, Elena lashed out and nutted her square in the face "You little bitch!" She screamed as the brunette ran into the cave knowing that she wouldn't be able to get in "What is this?" She questioned as she tried to walk into the cave but couldn't.
"No vampires allowed." Elena gloated in a hard voice watching as the blonde paced up a down.
"What are you planning on doing?" Grace questioned as Stefan, Damon and herself climbed from his ex-boyfriends car, they were near the witches house where Bonnie, Abby and Esther were camped out about to end the Originals "How do we even know they are here? How are we going to stop them?"
"We don't." Damon answered as they all stopped "But it's our best guess..." He answered, she looked over her shoulders at him, he could see the betrayal in her eyes and didn't fail to notice the blood covering her hands. Klaus' blood.
"And if they are not?" She turned to face him fully and both brothers exchanged a look, she looked between them for an answer "Well?"
"Then we have about ten minutes until Rebekah tears Elena apart." Stefan answered and she let out a gasp of pain, but it only drove her further to save her sister, her determination was sky high as he told her, she just nodded.
"What's our plan?" Grace questioned in a small voice, again they exchanged a look, Damon walked towards her and she flinched away from him, he looked down at her regretfully "Well?"
"You're not going to like it." Damon answered "And we don't have time to argue... So, I'm really sorry, Gracie." He reached out and snapped her neck, she fell to the floor momentarily dead before he bundled her into his back seat locking the door "She doesn't have to be involved in this."
"You know if we do this, if we kill her, it'll wreck her." Stefan looked over at Damon "I'll lose Elena, you'll lose Grace, for good this time." He added and the raven haired vampire nodded looking into the window of his car to see Grace, pressing his finger tips to the glass.
"I've already lost her." Damon answered in a small voice, tears appearing in his eyes "You saw the way she looked at me... She hates me already and she is never going to forgive me." He sighed a little bit "I'll do it. Elena and you have a chance..."
"Damon-"
"Don't argue with me, Stef." He ordered in a low tone "We just need to get this over and done with before Grace wakes up."
Elena turns on a flashlight and searches for an exit as she was trapped inside of the cavern, she hadn't heard from Rebekah in a while and had assumed the Original had given up, but when she heard heels approaching she turned to see Rebekah holding a red canister of what smelt like gasoline.
she started to throw it into the cavern, splashing it on the floor and Elena's lovely leather boots "Elena! Let's pick it up where we left off." She began to splash it around again hitting Elena this time with the disgusting liquid.
"What are you doing?" The doppelgänger shrieked looking down at her ruined clothes, but that wasn't her only problem, this meant Rebekah was planning to burn her alive.
"Thought I'd shake things up a bit." Rebekah retorted looking in to see the fearful look in Elena's dark eyes, she grinned and grabbed the second canister.
"Are you insane?" Elena spat moving away from the pooling liquid holding her breath from the toxic smell that filled the entire cave, she wanted to gag and be sick, but she resisted the basic need.
"I prefer spontaneous." Rebekah answered in a deeply sarcastic voice "It's probably why Damon likes me so much and went off your sister who failed to show up by the way..." Rebekah launched the canister at Elena. Elena ducked in time and the canister hits the back wall instead. Rebekah pulled out a match a disturbing look in her eyes "Here's what's gonna happen." She lit the match and throws it into the cave, starting the fire "You're gonna come outside." She lit another match and threw it into the cave, but the fire wasn't alight long, it seemed to die out rather quick "Or you're going to stay in there and burn. The next match is landing on you. So, Elena, how does it feel to know that these may be your last moments?" Rebekah pulled out her phone and began to record Elena with her phone.
"I don't know, you tell me. You're the one whose mother's trying to kill you." The doppelgänger's voice was thick with spite and Rebekah narrowed her bright blue eyes watching her on the screen of the phone.
"You should be very careful what you say to me." Rebekah threatened as she held the match in front of her ready to throw it at all, the fire was licking at her finger tips only hurting her slightly.
"You're still wearing her necklace." Elena noted seeing the necklace Stefan had given her, the same necklace that had belonged to the Original witch A.K.A Rebekah's mother Esther.
"Do you want it?" Rebekah questioned clasping her fingers around the metal "Is that your last request?" She tore it off breaking the chain before throwing it in landing at Elena's feet "Here. It's all yours."
"She's not doing this because she hates you, Rebekah." Elena tried to reason with her, even if she did die she didn't want Rebekah thinking her mother truly hated her "She told me that she… she just doesn't have another choice."
"Spare me your pity, Elena." The Original spat vindictively "We're not girlfriends. Want me to prove it? Just say the word." She threw her current match to the floor before grabbing another one and lighting it on the wall.
Elena shook her head brushing her wet hair out of her face "You're not gonna do it."
"And why is that?" Rebekah gritted her teeth, was this girl really challenging her, she was the one at an advantage, she had the match, Elena was covered in gasoline, a flick of the wrist and she was gone.
"Because there's still a chance that you might be alive tomorrow. And if that's the case and you kill me now, you'll have used up all of your revenge. Because getting back at Grace was all you wanted... Because she pretended to like you and then I daggered you. You have already Damon away from her, you did that for revenge. By killing me you have no leverage over her and nothing stops her from killing you and she could kill you, don't underestimate her. Don't underestimate what she can do and who she can turn against you." The match in the Original's hand burns out and she drops it to the floor at her feet.
"The tough act doesn't suit you." Rebekah growl as she looked into the cave at Elena who was just staring back blankly.
"I never said I was tough." Elena whispered shaking her head "But we both know that I'm right."
Esther had set up a ritual salt circle outside of the abandoned witch house, she was in the middle generating her power and waiting for the moon to be at it's fullest, that was when she was going to struck, surrounding her was five wooden torches that were set alight, five torches for her five children.
"They're coming, Mother!" Finn told Esther as he walked into the circle, he could hear his three brothers making their way through the forest towards them.
"No, it's too soon, the moon is not high enough." She glanced into the clear sky to see the moon shining down on them, she turned quickly to the two Bennett witches who were standing there waiting for the spell to begin "Go! Quickly!" She ordered and they retreated into the protection of the witch house as Kol, Elijah and Klaus approach the two Originals. "My sons, come forward."
"Stay beside me, mother." Finn ordered in a voice that was thick with authority, he only wanted to protect her, to make sure the spell would go off without an hitch and his eternity was ended once and for all.
"It's ok. They can't enter." Esther smiled looking down at the salt barrier that was placed in a circle around them, the three brother looked over at their other brother scornfully.
"That's lovely." Kol spoke up looking towards Finn "we're stuck out here, while the favourite son plays sacrificial lamb. How pathetic are you, Finn?" He hissed in a low tone and Esther narrowed her eyes looking over at her youngest son.
"Be quiet, Kol." She ordered in a firm voice and he growled "Your brother knows virtue you cannot even imagine." She praised her other son, the one that was willing to give up his life to end his siblings.
"Whatever you think of us, killing your own children will be an atrocity." Elijah spat, his moral flaring up more than ever.
"My only regret is that I did not let you die a thousand years ago." Esther answered him and he looked at her shamefully, no love was in her eyes only spiteful hate of what she had create, a once loving family turned into this brutal bunch of murders.
"Enough." Klaus announced holding up his hands, a deep rumble of authority was lying in his voice, like his fathers "All this talk is boring me. End this now, mother, or I'll send you back to Hell." He ordered.
"For a thousand years, I've been forced to watch you. Felt the pain of every victim, suffered while you shed blood. Even you, Elijah, with your claim to nobility, you're not better. All of you." She looked at Kol, Klaus and Elijah "You're a curse on this Earth. Stretch out over generations, even to the ones you claim to love." She looked at her hybrid son who sent her a deathly look "You do not love that poor girl, Klaus, you do not know what love is! You do not understand the depth of it! And you never will and in turn, she will never love you!" She hissed "If you have come to plead for your life, I'm sorry, you've wasted your time." She turned and walked to the middle of the circle.
Meanwhile inside of the witch house Abby and Bonnie were stood, the mother was looking around at the shell of a house, it was empty, but it felt like she had a thousand people watching her.
"This place has some serious vibes in it." Abby whispered touching the wall carefully, it was like that were speaking to her, she saw Bonnie walk past her towards a door, she opened it carefully and looked over her shoulder at her mother.
"The witch spirits will protect us from the Originals, but we should get into the basement." She walked down the stairs and didn't hear footsteps follow her "Abby." She called when suddenly a dark figure appeared in front of her "Stefan? What's going on?"
"They took Elena. They're going to kill her unless we stop Esther." His voice was low and almost apologetic, she shook her head a little, there was nothing she could do the older witch had already started channeling their bloodline, right down to herself and her mother, nothing could stop that but death.
"Stefan, I-I can't stop her. She's channeling us!" Bonnie told him, helplessness was in her voice as he gave her a solemn look.
"Bonnie, if you can't stop her. I have to find another way." His voice was so low it was almost a threat, it was easier if she hated him then he would have to feel the pain of hurting her emotionally.
"No... Stefan, no!" Bonnie tried to get past him, but he blocked her placing his hands either side of the narrow stair well, she had caught on to what the brothers were doing. "What are you doing to do? Even if you kill us, Esther is channeling every witch in our ancestry, living and dead."
"Esther's drawing from the witches. The only way to cut her off is if one of you is no longer a witch." Stefan answered and Bonnie's mouth fell ajar, like Rebekah had said once upon a time, you could either be a witch of a vampire, never both.
Upstairs Abby was looking around the odd house when suddenly she was caught and slammed against a wall looking into a demonic pair of icy blue eyes, he growled as he tore into his own wrist feeding her his blood.
"This will only hurt a second." Damon purred as he ended the mothers life.
"No!" Esther screamed as she felt all the power from within her being drained, her sons looked over at her concerned "Sisters! Do not abandon me!" She begged as the three vengeful brothers advanced on her.
"Mother!" Finn hissed as he grabbed her weak form and zipping her away from the deeply angry area, the torches flared and then completely died out, Klaus, Kol and Elijah glanced at each other slightly confused yet relieved.
Elena was sitting on the floor of the cavern her knees pulled up into her chest as Rebekah paced outside of the barrier, the unlit matches in her hands as she stared down at her phone "You can come out now." She called "Seems like the Salvatore Brothers took care of the problem."
"How did they do that?" Elena questioned looking at the blonde who smiled staring down at the text from her dear brother Niklaus.
"Damon turned your witch friend's mother into a vampire..." Rebekah answered "Seems as if he doesn't care if everyone hates him now he's lost Grace..." She added in a cold voice and Elena rose from where she was sitting.
"What?"
"Quite clever, actually." Rebekah praised nodding a little "They needed to sever the witch line and, well, you can't be a witch and a vampire. In any case, you're free to go." She told her with a soft smile before turning and zipping out of the cavern quickly.
Damon lay Grace carefully on the couch as she slept, it wouldn't be long until she awoke and would unleash her utter wrath on him, for 1) cutting her out of the plan and 2) killing Abby Bennett.
"Is she alright?" Stefan questioned from the doorway of the room as Damon brushed her hair out of her face romantically.
"She'll be up soon, get ready." He warned in a low voice "Did Elena make it home ok?" Damon looked over his shoulder as Stefan walked into the room watching them both.
"Elijah kept his word. Rebekah let her go." Stefan answered as Grace's eyes fluttered open she looked around the room, stretching a little and moving her aching neck.
"W-what happened?" She whispered as she sat up rubbing her neck carefully when suddenly all the memories came flooding back, looking over at Damon he had a sheepish look on his face and she didn't hesitate launching herself a him attacking him and the rolled around the room snapping at each other with their jaws.
"Stop!" Stefan grabbed Grace holding her back, trapping her arms in his iron grip she thrashed against him momentarily before stopping and letting out a breathy sigh "Just calm down, alright. We're sorry we cut you out, but you wouldn't have wanted to be involved."
"What did you do?" Grace questioned in a worn voice, nothing they could do could make her feeling any worse than she already did, nothing could make her sure angry, or so she thought.
"We turned Abby Bennett into a vampire." Damon spoke up before looking over at her "It was my idea and I was the one that killed her."
"What?" Grace screamed "You turned my friends mother into a vampire! Are you completely nuts!" she thrashed against Stefan again who held her firmly in his grip making sure she didn't go for Damon and do something stupid or get hurt.
"We did it to save Elena!" Damon answered "I did it for you." His voice was raspy and hurt and she pulled out of Stefan's grip falling to her knees tears in her eyes, Damon dove to her side but she instantly pushed him away.
"Don't touch me." She ordered in a low voice "First you kill me and then you go out and kill my best friends mom!" She looked up into his torn icy blue orbs "I can't believe you... I... I need to go." She rose from her seat.
"Please. Don't go." He begged as he caught her hand, but she quickly slipped it away shaking her head, she was too hurt, her heart her too much to even be near him.
"I need some time, Damon. Just don't." She whispered as she turned and walked from the room swiftly.
"I'm sorry." Stefan muttered.
Rebekah walked into the living room to see Elijah looking longingly out of the window, a small sigh escaped his lips as he looked over his shoulder to see her standing there looking proud but slightly confused.
"Where the bloody hell is everyone?" She questioned, she had heard nothing from Kol or Finn, nothing from Niklaus since telling her to come home and this had been the first time she had seen Elijah since the morning.
"It's over, Rebekah." Elijah told her in a confident voice, it was filled with almost joy as he turned to her fully to give her the smallest of smiles.
"Where's mother?" She questioned looking around the room, no one was in here but them, she could hear faint, elegant sounding music coming from Klaus' drawing room, but that was all.
"We have no mother." Elijah's voice was hard and cold "Only Esther and Esther was right." As much as it hurt him to admit it she had been right about them killing innocent and being no better than each other, no more moral or compassionate, he was a cold blooded killer.
"What do you mean?" Rebekah questioned as she stepped towards the broken man, his pride and ego had been bruised in the fight with his own mother.
"My talk of virtue. When it suits my needs, I kill, main and torment. Even today, I terrorized an innocent." He referred to poor Elena that had been at the hands of Rebekah all day, God only knows what the girl had gone through spending the day with his sister.
"You did it to protect us, Elijah, and rightly so!" Rebekah growled sticking up for him, he had protected his entire family, who cares if one girls stood between them and living was her logic "We deserve to live! We are better than they are!"
"Are we?" Elijah scoffed a little looking down into her bright blue eyes that were fixed on his puzzled face "Mother made us vampires. She didn't make us monsters, we did that to ourselves." He added as he turned and walked from the room preparing to leave Mystic Falls for good.
Rebekah stood there for a moment before following the flow of music, it was a beautiful song with hypnotizing lyrics and she was actually surprised Niklaus would be listening to something so sappy, standing on the other side of the door she pressed her ear against it and listened carefully.
'I've waited a hundred years, but I'd wait a million more for you. Nothing prepared me for, what the privilege of being yours would do. If I had only felt the warmth within your touch, if I had only see you smile when you blush, or how you curl your lip when you concentrate enough, I would have known. What I was living for all along. What I've been living for...'
The lyrics poured out of the speakers, knocking the door twice she walked in to see Niklaus mauling over pictures of Grace, smiling as he did before looking up into his sisters icy eyes, the look she was giving him wasn't a kind one.
"I thought you'd have gone by now." Klaus announced looking over at his baby sister "Elijah's leaving. Kol's fled. Esther and Finn are gone too." He noted and she nodded a little walking over to him to take up the seat next to him.
"I hated you when I learned you killed our mother. But I realised now that after a thousand years together as a family, you're the only one who never left me." She reached out and gripped his hand a little, he smiled back at her softly as she reached in her pocket and pulled at her phone "There's something I need you to see." She showed him the video of her torturing Elena but paused it.
"Come to brag about your skills as a torturer." He chuckled darkly as she rolled her eyes and zoomed in on one of the runic drawings she had draw long ago.
"Look at the images on the wall behind Elena." She urged showing him again and he looked on "The natives told the story of our family history, look at the images on the far wall." she told him and he did, but he didn't follow her logic.
"What is it?" He questioned creasing his eyes brows a little.
"A native worshipping at the Great White Oak tree." She reminded him, the Oak from that tree was the only wood that could truly kill an Original.
"And?" Klaus scoffed rolling his mixed coloured orbs "We burned that tree to the ground." He reminded her.
"Look at the markings that precede it. That's the native calendar." She informed him and he looked and his eyes widened slightly catching her drift, he didn't truly destroy the tree.
"This can't be right." He muttered.
"A white oak tree, 300 years after we fled back to the Old World." She informed him in a fairly scared voice "There must have been a sapling, a new tree to replace the old. That tree could kill us. It's not over, Nik."
A/N
Sorry this has been so late getting out but I really struggled with writing this chapter, I wrote it once and decided I didn't like it so I restarted it and decided I didn't like that either, so this is my final one and I hope it's ok. Also, I know I missed a couple of things from the chapter but this was already super long I didn't want to bore you or anything and I don't like doing the chapter in parts, I just want to get it out there in one big one!
I love all the comments I got during this and I know someone - it was an anon review - said they are going away so here you go! I hope you enjoy and I hope you have an amazing time wherever you're going that doesn't have internet connection! Oh, and Tawniegal totally compelled me and I got straight to work ;)
Anyway thank you so much for reading, by the way when you do send me song suggestions I do try and add them into chapters if I feel they are appropriate and I really love all of the songs you guys send, they are awesome!
By the way anything you send me I will definitely consider, I already have a loose idea for the episode from what actually happens, and when I see a review I like I try and add that, but some of the ideas you give me contradict each other and I can't do them all, sorry :( but I really do appreciate all the ideas you give me, I mean, without them I doubt I would get these chapters out! :D
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