I do not own The Vampire Diaries. I only own Tiffani.

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"So who is going to be the test dummy for that ring?" I asked Klaus from my seat on one of the nice couches in the living room. The couch almost felt as if it was trying to swallow me whole, it had so much cushion to it.

Klaus looked over at the clock on the wall before focusing on me. I didn't jump this time when he flitted over so he was right in front of me and his face was close to mine. "The test dummy will be here soon enough. I'm surprised you didn't try to disrupt the negotiation earlier," he said as his eyes scanned my face for any treachery.

With a shrug, I lifted one of my hands and pushed him away from my face. I wanted him out of my bubble for just a minute. "Honestly, the only people in that crazy group that I care about are my cousin Caroline, Matt, and Jeremy. The others can go jump off a cliff, fall onto a pit full of stakes, and then cobras can bite their eyeballs," I answered with a straight face. I couldn't help but chuckle at the glee that shined in his eyes.

"A girl after my own heart," he purred before a knock sounded on the front doors. "We'll continue this later," he said with a wink before disappearing.

I just fell back on the couch and let out a sigh. My head snapped up when Rebekah entered the room with a smirking countenance. "Don't give me that look," I grumbled and she started giggling.

"If you want him to kiss you, then next time just grab him," she told me as she joined me on the couch and threw the remote at me. "Find us something to watch while Klaus and Elijah deal with your cousin's annoying friends," she said and I just gave her a salute before flipping through the different channels.

Soon enough both of us were watching a cupcake television show while I could hear Klaus talking with surprisingly enough, Stefan. I had thought my cousin would be the one to deliver the stakes, but I guess the Scooby gang stopped her from doing so. My thoughts on Caroline not being there disappeared when I heard her asking if she could see me.

"Tiffani, love, your cousin wants to see that you're unharmed," Klaus called almost tauntingly from the foyer.

I stood from the couch and tossed Rebekah the remote before making my way to the front door. With a smirk, I flitted past Klaus before he could grab me, and I pulled Caroline into a hug. I heard Stefan let out a growl, but I was too busy hugging and trying to calm down my freaked out cousin.

"You turned her into a vampire, that wasn't part of the deal," Stefan snapped.

"Well technically she is still alive. Why did you think I wanted the daylight ring to be made? Now then, will that ring hurt her or will it allow her to go in the sun?" Klaus growled at Stefan as he glanced at me and Caroline every now and then. My dead heart would have jumped when I actually saw a little worry in his eyes, which was surprising but in a good way.

Stefan didn't answer Klaus' question. Instead, he pulled out his cell phone and called Elena. I could hear her panicked voice on the other end, and a small growl left my throat when I heard her trying to talk about maybe turning the tables and staking Klaus even though Elijah was now holding all of the stakes. "Elena, put Bonnie on the phone," Stefan finally said after hearing enough of Elena's harebrained ideas.

"Stefan, what's going on?" Bonnie questioned and I could hear the worry in her voice.

"Bonnie, that daylight ring you made, is it safe for a vampire to use or is it a trap that will kill them?" he asked and there was a pause.

"Why? Who is the ring for?" she replied.

"It's for Caroline's cousin, Tiffani," he said in a frustrated sigh. "Klaus turned her and now if she doesn't get a daylight ring, she will never be able to go around freely like Caroline and I do," he continued as he ran a hand through his hair.

"Stefan, let me talk to Caroline," Bonnie said and she just kept repeating that until Stefan finally held out the phone to my stressed cousin, who looked ready to strangle anyone at this point, even me.

Caroline snatched the phone out of Stefan's hand and rushed to say, "Bonnie, the ring is for Tiffani. Please, you have to help her. I don't want her to live alone in the dark and not be able to go around as if she were normal, like me."

"But your cousin has never been normal or nice to me or Elena," Bonnie replied and I just rolled my eyes at that part.

"Well you and Elena were never nice to her, so how about for once you grow up and help my cousin. I don't have much of a family left and neither does she. We need each other. Please Bonnie," Caroline snapped and I really wanted to cheer her on, but I kept my mouth shut.

Klaus walked over to me and wrapped an arm around my waist to pull me close to him while everyone seemed to wait for Bonnie's reply. She was taking a while to think it over, and we could all hear Elena in the background screaming how I should just be left to burn in the sun. "Don't worry, I can always find another witch if I have to," he whispered to me and kissed my neck again, but I was too focused on Bonnie's reply to really listen to him.

"It's not cursed, I promise. It's safe for her to use it, Caroline," Bonnie replied and I couldn't help but still feel nervous when Caroline hung up the phone and looked at me with a relieved smile.