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Chapter 27: Founder's Day

It was finally Founder's Day, which was full of festivities. The girls had to wear Victorian style dresses, and the guys in their old fashion suits, for the parade. Sakura, Leilani and Elena headed to the school in their tight, poufy dresses. Elena in olive green, Leilani in pastel purple and Sakura in baby blue, reluctantly. "How did I get roped into this?" Sakura complained, lifting up the dress slightly so she could walk.

"You always do," Leilani cackled as she pulled out an old fashion fan to wave around.

"It's just one day Sakura," Elena reasoned.

"One day too many," Sakura sighed.

They stopped walking when they saw Stefan and Damon. Stefan was in his suit and Damon was just hanging around. The girls looked at Stefan and Damon, who seemed to be in awe. Problem was, Sakura was pretty sure Elena looked even more like Katherine, in those clothes! Leilani winked at them before leaving, to go help 'someone,' while trying to be ambiguous. Stefan walked up to Elena, smiling at her. While Sakura was distracted, Damon grabbed her hand and twirled her around before pulling her in close. "Well, well, who knew you could pull off this shade of blue?" Damon smirked.

"So not my choice of colour, I'd prefer something darker," Sakura said and he smiled, "Anyways, what are you doing here?"

"Well, with the device activated, and Isobel and John out of the picture, I figured I'd come have some fun. Eat cotton candy and enjoy the festivities," Damon smirked.

"Well, you could have always come in the right attire, and join the parade, instead of sticking me with someone random on the float. Besides, I think you'd look very handsome," Sakura smiled politely.

"Mmm, yes I would," Damon boasted.

"What's going on?" Sakura asked, referring to a somewhat upset Elena.

"Well," Damon whispered, "We think John is her father."

"Oh, okay," Sakura said plainly.

"You don't seem surprised," Damon raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, I kinda figured that might have been the case, considering Isobel's fling with him at a young age," Sakura sighed, shaking her head.

"Finally, someone else with a brain," Damon said excitedly. He lifted Sakura up in a hug and spun around, making her laugh.

He set her down, and she was slightly dizzy. "Okay, tall, dark and handsome, go poke around. I've got a parade to get to," Sakura steadied herself before leaving.

She got set up with the others on their 'Miss Mystic Falls' float and it started moving. They passed by Bonnie in the crowd and Leilani couldn't help but wave rapidly. Right after, Damon popped up in the front of the crowd, with that smirk of his and waved. Sakura waved back, with a smile and he winked at her. Someone else surprised Sakura, showing up near the back of the crowd, Darien. Sakura glanced back at Elena and Leilani. Leilani didn't notice, but Elena sure did. Sakura waved at him, receiving only a small nod. Although, if he was there, did that mean something else was going on?

After the parade ended, Sakura headed out to change into her normal attire. On her way to the Mystic Grill, someone grabbed her, pulling her into an alleyway. Sakura couldn't see who it was, but she knew him nonetheless. He stepped out of the shadows and looked down at her, "Mom would have loved to see you, here today and at Miss Mystic Falls," Darien smiled weakly. "Anyways," he waved his hand, as he changed subjects, "The tomb vampires are going to try and attack today. John and the council are going to use the device to catch all the vampires. Problem is, it might work on more than just vampires, other supernatural beings," he said with worry.

"Bonnie deactivated it," Sakura said and he shook his head, "What, she didn't?" Sakura paced back and forth, "Why wouldn't she?"

"She doesn't want any vampires around, most witched wouldn't," Darien stated.

"But, if it works on more than just vampires, how many innocent people could be dragged in?" Sakura didn't know what to do.

"Just get Leilani and get out of here," Darien warned before disappearing.

Sakura rushed into the Grill and ran straight into Damon. "Wow, no pda please," Damon joked, then noticed her worried face. "What's wrong?" Damon asked.

"She didn't do it," Sakura growled.

"Who didn't do what?" Damon asked.

"Bonnie didn't deactivate the device," Sakura tried to warn him before rushing to find Leilani.

"What, are you sure?" Damon asked, grabbing Sakura's arm to stop her.

"Well if she did, then there are going to be a lot of vampires after the founding families," Sakura growled, "Warn the others."

Damon let her go and she rushed all around the Grill, but she wasn't there. Sakura ran back outside, she pulled out her phone, dialed Leilani's number. It went directly to voicemail. Sakura ran frantically throughout the town, but couldn't find her. "Damn it," Sakura cursed as she was getting to be out of breath. "Where the fudge are you?" Sakura growled as she leant on a tree and Mayor Lockwood started his speech, leading to the fireworks.

"Where the fudge?" Damon came up beside her, "It's always funny when you say that."

"I still can't find Leilani. And what are you still doing here?" Sakura asked.

"I know where John is, come on," Damon linked arms with her, leading her into the Gilbert family office.

"Do you have any idea what you've done?" Damon asked John, who was standing at a tall desk with the device.

"Yes, of a matter of fact I do," John said and quickly turned his attention back to the device.

Damon started to walk towards John, when suddenly he yelled out in pain, grabbing onto his head. Right next to him Sakura was on one knee holding onto her head also. John pulled out a needle and used it on Damon, fully knocking him out. "I didn't think you were stupid enough to become a vampire," John looked down at Sakura.

"I'm not!" Sakura growled and blasted him back slightly.

He hit the wall, but recovered quickly. "I guess you're not," John shook it off, "But you're not human, that's for sure," John walked up to her and injected her with something to knock her out.

"Kusoyaro," Sakura cursed at him before passing out.

"Sa…ku…ra…" she heard her name being called as she started to come to. Sakura could feel heat from everywhere, just like back then. She slowly opened her eyes and started to cough from smoke inhalation. She slowly turned her head to look around and to her right was Damon, in as bad of a condition as her, reaching his hand out to her. "Sakura…" he said again. Sakura reached her hand out to his, not knowing what else to do. It was her nightmare coming true, another fire, but this time it didn't look like she was going to survive. The fire was everywhere, there was no way they'd be able to get out. Sakura finally grabbed his hand and he pulled her close to him. He embraced her, as well as he could in their state. "They'll come for us," he managed to say.

Sakura started to glow, "Leilani… Elena…" Sakura closed her eyes as she called out, trying to give them an image of where they were, to at least give them a chance. "I hope it worked," Sakura sighed.

"What did you?" Damon asked.

"Bite my finger," Sakura commanded.

"What, that's not going to help," Damon stated.

"I need the blood to draw," Sakura coughed heavily.

He grabbed her hand, and did as he was told. Sakura drew a pentagram on the ground, "Umbrae Septemplex Parie Anticorpoalis," Sakura chanted and it looked as though a black cloak cover them, as she tried to shield them from the fire. "Anything to increase our chances," Sakura laughed as she coughed.

Mayor Lockwood got up and started to move, unaffected by the vervain. "What are you doing here?" he asked Damon.

"I'm a vampire, what's your excuse," Damon mumbled.

The mayor freaked out and moved towards another vampire, unknowingly. The vampire grabbed him, and broke his neck.

"He was a werewolf, I think," Sakura mumbled, barely conscious.

"Come on Sakura, stay awake," Damon kissed her cheek.

"I don't think I can… The spell will keep you safe for longer though…" Sakura trailed off.

The fire spread even more, and the building started to collapse. "We can't wait anymore," Damon started to get up. "Sakura?" he tried to get her up with him, but she had blacked out. The cloak was keeping them safe from the fire, but with Sakura out cold, how long would it last?

The door to the basement they were in opened, and the fire dimmed. Stefan rushed down the stairs, grabbed Sakura and Damon and used his super speed to get out of there, before the fire ignited fully again.

They burst out of the back of the building where Bonnie and Elena were waiting. They rested Sakura on the ground as they coughed. "Sakura?" the girls knelt down beside her. "SAKURA!" Elena screamed.

"Her heart's stopped," Stefan informed them, using his super hearing. The dark energy cloak that was surrounding Damon and Sakura disappeared.

"Sakura?!" Damon weakly knelt beside her, worry completely evident on his face.

"Move away," Stefan told them. He put his hand over her heart and pushed, "1…2…3…" then he blew air into her lungs. He kept going, "1…2…3…" but it didn't seem like it was doing anything.

"Sakura," Damon grabbed her hand, "Come on Saki, I know you're a fighter."

"1…2…3…" Stefan kept trying, but to no avail. Stefan sat up, backing away slightly, knowing that it wasn't going to work.

"What are you doing? Keep trying," Damon commanded.

"It won't work Damon, she's gone," Stefan said and the girls started to cry.

Damon bite his wrist and tried to put it to Sakura's mouth. Stefan grabbed his wrist, "She's already gone Damon, it's not going to help."

Damon pushed Stefan out of the way, "We have to keep trying," he cried out.

"Sakura?" they turned to see Leilani, out of breath and not in the greatest shape, as if she had been in a car accident. Leilani looked at them and Stefan shook his head. "That can't be," Leilani knelt down beside her, to feel her hand going cold already. "SAKURA!" Leilani cried out and tears rolled down her face, and landed on Sakura. Suddenly, there was a bright light that blinded everyone. When they were finally able to open their eyes, they heard coughing. "Sakura?" Leilani smiled and pulled her into a hug, "Don't ever do that to me again."

"What's with all the glum faces?" Sakura coughed, joking as she looked around.

"How?" Stefan asked, as he was certain she was dead.

"Leilani's tears brought her back," they turned to see Darien. "I warned you," Darien frowned as he shook his head. "Things never change," Darien said before disappearing.

"I can't believe it," Damon pulled Sakura away from Leilani and embraced her.

"I'm so sorry," Bonnie said, "I didn't know it would affect you." Sakura smiled at her and nodded.

Sakura felt something wet on her face and noticed that Damon was crying, and it rubbed off on her since their faces were touching. "I'm okay now," Sakura said weakly, "You can let go now."

"No," Damon said plainly, as he kept a tight hold on her. It was a few minutes before he ease off. He put her at arm's length and bit his wrist, "You need to recover," Damon stated, giving her the blood, whether she wanted it or not. Stefan looked like he wanted to protest against it, but there was nothing he could do about it. They all got up and separated partially.

"I have something do tell Jeremy, let's go to Elena's house," Damon stated.

Sakura looked up at him and nodded. He picked her up and they rushed to Elena's house. She waited downstairs, half-asleep on the couch, while Damon went to talk with Jeremy. He came back down a few minutes later and thought that she had fallen asleep. He opened the front door to get some fresh air and ran into who he thought was Elena. Sakura glanced over, through the open door to see them talking. "Katherine?" Sakura mumbled, noticing the feeling she was getting. Then she saw something she wish she hadn't seen at all. Damon and Katherine, or Elena, Sakura wasn't sure, were kissing.

"Seriously, I try to save your butt and this is the thanks," Sakura mumbled as she rolled off the couch and got up. "Son of a…" Sakura looked away from them, angry and hurt and then walked to the window on the other side and walked straight through it.

Jenna came up to the door, asking what Elena was doing. "Sakura…" Damon shook his head and glanced inside to see that she wasn't on the couch.

Sakura kept walking, exasperated, not knowing what she should do. She walked, almost like a zombie, when she came to, she noticed that she was in front of her families graves.

"Hello Sakura," a male voice came from the shadows. He walked into the light, so she could see him.

"Allen?" Sakura said in confusion.

Woot, done first season! Plenty more to come! Not sure if I should wait a little while, and then start on the next season or what? What do you guys think I should do?

Either way, I hope you enjoyed! Please review!

Until next time, I bid you adieu!