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Chapter 47: The Last Day

Sakura laid beside Damon in his bed, holding up Leilani's necklace. "What kind of message is this? I know they have her, so why give me her necklace?" Sakura frowned, "She will have less power without it, but she never really learned to fully use it."

"I don't know," Damon sighed as he played with her hair, wrapping it around his fingers. Damon's super hearing kicked in and he could hear Elijah, talking with Stefan and Elena.

"Tonight is the full moon. We should assume that Klaus is prepared to break the curse," he heard Elijah.

"Elena said that the Sun and the Moon curse is fake? That it's actually just a curse placed on Klaus," Stefan stated.

"Klaus is a vampire born of a werewolf bloodline. The curse has kept his werewolf aspect from manifesting. But if he breaks it... He'll be a true hybrid," Elijah explained.

"Come on Sakura, they've started the conversation without us," Damon said as he got off the bed. She put the necklace in her pocket and followed along. "Then why are we letting him break the curse? We can kill him today. With Bonnie," Damon said as they walked up to them. He squeezed Sakura's shoulder, knowing how much she wanted to take him out herself.

"Damon..." Stefan trailed off.

"No. Bonnie can't use that much power without dying," Elena frowned.

"What if I give her a power boost," Sakura suggested.

"It's not an option," Elena didn't think Sakura could do it.

"All right, how do we break this curse?" Stefan asked, trying to get between Damon and Elena.

"Well, the ritual itself is relatively straightforward. The ingredients, so to speak, you already know," Elijah tried to explain.

"The moonstone," Stefan nodded.

"A witch will channel the power of the full moon to release the spell that's bound within the stone. After that, Klaus, being both werewolf and vampire, will sacrifice one of each. The light and shadow users are meant to either join him, being taken over by their... Elemental spirit, or be part of the sacrifice," Elijah bit his lip, uncertain of what was really supposed to happen.

"And where do I fit into it?" Elena asked.

"The final part of the ritual," Elijah pulled a wooden box off the shelf, "Klaus must drink the blood of the doppelganger... To the point of your death."

They all looked at Elena and Stefan took her hand. "And that's where you come in," Elena bit her lip.

Elijah opened the box and took a jar out. "This is an elixir that I acquired some 500 years ago for Katerina. It possesses mystical properties of resuscitation," Elijah explained.

"So I'll be dead?" Elena wanted it to be clear.

"And then you won't," Elijah clarified.

"That's your plan? A magical witch potion with no expiration date?" Damon grumbled, clearly showing his disapproval. Damon turned to Elena, "You want to come back to life, what about John's ring?"

"Those rings only work on humans. The doppelganger's a supernatural occurrence. Odds are, the ring won't work," Elijah explained.

"I'll take those odds over your elixir. What if it doesn't work, Elena?" Damon was getting riled up.

"Then I guess I'll just be dead," Elena said, upsetting Damon more.

"That's not good enough," Sakura spoke up, "Maybe I should come up with..."

Elena cut her off, "No, it's too dangerous. I know you Sakura, you take even more risks then I do. If you'll remember, you've already chanced death a few times."

"Come on," Damon pulled her away from them. He grabbed a drink and headed outside with her. "What gives them the right to trust him," Damon spat as he opened the bottle of scotch. "I know you said he was telling the truth, but even he isn't sure about what will happen," he continued.

"I could try to put a spell on Elena, to make sure she doesn't die," Sakura bit her lip as she looked at him.

"No, no, no! I know that look! That's that 'It's deadly, but I'll do it anyways' look," Damon growled. "There is no way I'm letting you link yourself to her, or try necromancy magic or anything that strong. I won't let you," he repeated. "You linked your magic to me remember, in case you went off the rails. I may not know how to exactly do it, but I'll do what I have to," he rambled.

"I won't do anything, unless it's completely necessary," Sakura promised him.

"I think that's the best you'll get from her," Stefan said as he walked up to them, "Breakfast of champions, huh?"

"I'm surrounded by idiots. I need all the help I can get," Damon raised his bottle. "Pretty sure you're right though," Damon eyed Sakura. Sakura sighed and gazed out into the distance, thinking about Leilani.

"You know, you're not helping," Stefan said, referring to Damon's outburst.

"Elijah is an original vampire, Stefan. One we tried to kill. You're going to believe this guy?" Damon explained his thinking.

"What do you want me to do, Damon? Elena made her decision. She's choosing to trust Elijah. I'm going to put my faith in her," Stefan rebutted.

"Why? She's going to end up dead," Damon took another swig.

"Because she put her faith in me. She chose to trust me in spite of what I am. I'm going to bet on somebody's instincts, it's going to be hers," Stefan explained. He looked to Sakura for help, but she seemed to be ignoring them as she looked up at the sky.

"Well, then, that makes you the biggest idiot of them all," Damon rolled his eyes.

"She chose to trust you, too," Stefan pointed out.

"Then maybe you shouldn't be so sure about her instincts," Damon glared at him.

"Ugh, come on," Sakura dragged Damon away, giving Stefan a sympathetic smile as she passed by him. She pulled him into the kitchen, "Are you going to calm down?"

"Why are you telling me to calm down?" Damon complained, throwing his hands in the air, upset.

"Arguing with Stefan will get us nowhere," Sakura snarled.

"Fine!" Damon gave in.

"Stay away from me!" the heard Jenna yell and they went rushing in, along with Elena, Stefan and Elijah. Jenna had a crossbow pointed at Alaric.

"What's going on?" Elena demanded an answer.

"It's me, Elena, I swear, ok? He let me go. Klaus let me go," Alaric promised.

Damon turned to Sakura, knowing she was like a Klaus detector. "It's really him," she stated, not sensing Klaus. Sakura walked up to Jenna and took the crossbow from her.

"Why did he let you go?" Stefan asked.

"He wanted me to deliver a message. The sacrifice happens tonight," Alaric informed them.

They headed into the living room to settle down and talk. "So you don't remember anything that happened?" Stefan asked Alaric.

"No. It's like I blacked out and woke up 3 days later. Katherine was there," Alaric explained.

Damon snuck off while Alaric was talking. Sakura saw him going up to his room and followed him. "What's wrong now?" Sakura sighed and crossed her arms as she looked at him laying on his bed.

He took his time responding, but all he said was, "I don't want to hear anymore." He sat up suddenly, "Why am I the only one who's convinced the elixir won't work? There has to be another way."

"She'll die and come back," Sakura tried to convince him.

"M-a-y-b-e," Damon drew out the word.

"Well I could always..." Sakura started to say.

"No!" he interrupted her.

"But..." Sakura frowned, he wasn't even going to hear her out.

"No!" he repeated. "So help me, I'll tie you up and lock you away with a magic circle if I have to!" Damon threatened.

"You don't want Elena to chance it, but I'm the other option and you don't want me to do anything," Sakura slammed her hands on the bed in frustration.

Suddenly, Damon took hold of her wrists and pulled her towards him. He quickly rolled her over so her was on top of her. "You know if it came down to choosing who gets to live, you or Elena, I'd choose you in a heartbeat, right?" he stared down at her seriously. "No question about it, no second thoughts. So with that said, why would I chance you dying for her?" Damon explained, "I can hear Elena coming, and I think I'll go with plan c." He bit his wrist and as soon as the door opened and Elena came in, grabbed her and held his wrist to her mouth.

"Damon, no!" Sakura cried out, sitting up in his bed.

Stefan arrived and pushed Damon away from her. Elena fell to the floor in the process, but blood was already in her mouth. "What did you do?! Huh? What did you do?!" Stefan yelled.

"I saved her life," Damon spat. He turned to Elena as he got up, "You're so bent on dying, at least this way I know you'll come back."

"As a vampire! She'll come back a vampire!" Stefan freaked out.

"It's better than nothing else," Damon argued.

"How could you, of all people, take that choice away from her?" Stefan scolded him.

Damon turned to Elena, "Go ahead; wish me an eternity of misery. Believe me, you'll get over it." Stefan rushed up to Damon and pushed him.

"Stefan!" Elena screeched.

Damon picked up a wooden stake and pushed Stefan against the wall with it. "Admit it. You just wish you had the balls to do it yourself," Damon prodded him.

"ENOUGH!" Sakura yelled and separated them, slamming them hard into opposite walls. "Would you two quit it," they could feel the anger radiating off her.

"Sakura..." Stefan looked down.

"Don't bother, either of you. Just quit fighting for once, it's not helping," Sakura sighed and rubbed her temples, getting tired of breaking up their fights.

"What the hell's going on?" Alaric came bursting in with Jenna.

"Nothing now," Sakura replied and released them, letting them drop to the ground.

"Sakura?" Alaric hesitated as she walked by him.

Damon groaned as he got up. "Sakura wait!" he chased her into the library. "I'm sorry, but I just couldn't stand the situation," he explained as she ignored him. She came to a halt and Damon almost ran right into her.

"Lover's spat?" Elijah asked as he closed the wooden box and glanced at them. Sakura glared at him and he took a step back. "Ahem," he composed himself, "It sounds like you won't be needing this anymore. Feeding her vampire blood rendered it useless. Tell Elena I'll be back before nightfall. We'll proceed as planned."

"We both know that elixir wouldn't have worked anyway," Damon growled.

"The problem, Damon, you talk a good game but you don't actually know anything. She'll never forgive you. And never for a vampire... It's a very long time..." Elijah trailed off. He smiled at them politely, before leaving.

"I'm just tired of you two fighting," Sakura sighed. "I'm going to go get some fresh air, go for a walk you know," she sighed.

"Alright, I think I'll head to the grill," Damon informed her. Neither of them left right away. "Look... Um..." Damon was having trouble with his words. He pulled out a vial of blood, "Take this, it's my blood. I won't force you to, but it's just in case. I don't wanted to lose you."

Sakura took it from him. To his surprise, she opened it and drank half right away. "Unlike Elena, I'd rather be a vampire then die and leave everyone to fend for themselves," Sakura pocketed the rest and walked by the stunned Damon.

Sakura left the boarding house and started to walk with no place in mind. There was so much going on, that her mind was going a mile a minute. Her mind wandered to Leilani and Allen, to Klaus, Elena, Damon and even her MIA brother Darien. Not paying attention to where she was going, when she finally looked around, she didn't recognise the area. Suddenly she could feel something getting closer at an alarming rate, and she knew who it was.

"Hello love. What's a beauty like you doing all the way out here on your own," someone with an accent said from the shadows.

"Klaus..." Sakura turned towards him and her heartbeat went through the roof.

He walked out of the shadows towards her, with a smile on his face. "Ah my lovely Fenrir, I finally get to see you with my 'own' two eyes," he laughed, referring to meeting her as Alaric. He lifted the sleeve on her short-sleeve trench coat and looked at her tattoo. "Just about ready I see," his smile got bigger. "The perfect host," he eyed her. "Don't worry, you won't completely disappear," he grabbed hold of her chin gently with one hand and kissed her on the lips. Her eyes went wide and she used all her might to move and blasted him away. "Colour me impressed, you are a strong one indeed, to have broken a bit of the hold I have on you. Goodbye for now," he said before vanishing.

Her phone rang and she picked it up. "Sakura, we got a visit from you know who. Talked to Katherine, she said that Tyler and Caroline are the vampire and werewolf sacrifices. Also told us they are at the tomb. You coming?" Damon inquired.

Sakura looked around before responding, "I would but... I have no idea where I am..."

"Wait, what? How?" Damon was baffled.

"Zoned out... Also got a visit from him..." Sakura left out the kiss part.

"Just find a street name or something and I'll come and get you," Damon suggested.

Damon picked Sakura up pretty far from the boarding house and drove to the tomb. "Do I need to be worried?" he asked her, referring to her wandering.

"Nope," Sakura laughed nervously.

"Righttt..." he eyed her, not convinced.

They got out of his car and walked to the tomb to find Maddox, Klaus's witch there.

"Which one are you trying to save? The blonde, or the wolf? Did you really think Klaus would leave them unprotected?" he scoffed.

"Wishful thinking," Damon smiled. Damon rushed up to Maddox, pinning her down. He strangled her, but he used his powers to throw Damon away.

He was about to get up when Sakura used his powers, lifted him up against the wall of the tomb and kept him there. "I don't think so," Sakura said, knowing what he was going to do to Damon. He started to scream when Damon stopped her.

"You can't kill anyone, remember," Damon pointed at her shoulder. "But I'm free to," Damon snapped Maddox's neck and quickly turned when he heard someone come, "What are you doing here?"

"Matt?!" Sakura exclaimed.

"Where's Caroline?" he asked, and they could see a gun in his hand.

"Listen, man. Not a good time to play the hero," Damon told him.

"Where is she? And what did he do to her?" Matt was clearly angry.

"Sorry Mattie," Sakura said and suddenly he fell asleep.

"You can do that?" Damon was surprised.

"To humans," Sakura clarified.

Damon went to check on Matt to find out that he had wooden bullets. He showed it to Sakura with a frown on his face. They left Matt and opened the door to the tomb.

"Damon? Sakura?" Caroline was surprised to see them.

"Your boyfriend's outside with a rifle loaded with wooden bullets. You have some explaining to do," Damon walked towards her.

"What, Matt?" Caroline was surprised.

"Matt knows about you?" Tyler seemed upset.

"No, I..." Caroline was trying to think.

"Shh. Tomorrow's problem," Damon broke the chains around her, "Let me just get you out of here."

"Wait, Damon No! I'm not leaving without him," Caroline said, referring to Tyler.

"Ohhh. It's getting dark soon," Damon looked at Tyler, thinking about the full moon, "How fast can you get the hell away from here?"

"I need to get to my family's cellar. I can lock myself up," Tyler explained.

"I'll help," Caroline was eager.

Sakura turned to Damon as Tyler was looking at her eagerly. He nodded at her in confirmation. "Just hurry," Sakura brought her hand up and the chains around his shattered. He looked at her surprised, she ignored it and started on her way out, with the others behind her.

They made it outside and Matt started to wake up. "Hey, Matt!" Caroline rushed up to him. She turned to Damon, "Hey. Did you hit him?!"

"Nope, didn't touch him," Damon held his hands up, "But he did have gun with the wooden bullets?"

Tyler growled and held onto his chest before looking up at the moon.

"Tyler? Tyler?" Caroline's eyed went wide.

"It's starting," Tyler growled.

"Grab boy wonder and let's go," Damon commanded.

"Come on," Caroline helped Matt.

They all started to walk back through the woods, but Tyler was having trouble.

"What's happening? Is he ok?" Matt asked.

"He better not wolf out on us," Damon eyed him. Damon's phone rang and he answered it, "Bad time, little bro." Damon winced slightly, "Saving the day. I figured you'd understand. Just tell Elena to stay put. What? I'll take care of it," he hung up.

Tyler fell to the ground, the transformation was starting. "Tyler!" Matt reached out.

"I don't know if I can hold it off. Get out of here," Tyler growled.

"Tyler, it'll be ok," Caroline assured him.

"Go!" Tyler yelled.

"You've got time. We're almost there, just..." Caroline tried to convince him.

"It's happening faster," he heaved.

"Tyler, it's ok," Caroline repeated.

Tyler looked up and his eyes had already turned yellow. He rushed towards Caroline, but Damon intercepted him. Damon tried to push him away, but was having trouble. "Get off him," Sakura roared and sent Tyler flying back, but it was too late, Damon had been bitten.

"Damon..." Caroline realized what happened.

"I'm fine," Damon said as he got up.

"Get out of here!" Tyler yelled.

"Get to the Lockwood cellar. If it held him in, it'll keep him out. If it doesn't... Use these," Damon handed them the wooden bullets, "It'll buy you a couple seconds. Go. Go!" He pushed them all to leave.

"But Damon," Sakura frowned.

"Go," Damon pulled her in and kissed her, before running off.

"Don't do anything stupid!" she yelled at him.

"You to remember it's Damon you're talking to, right?" Caroline commented.

"Really, he just saved you," Sakura growled.

"No time, let's move!" Matt pushed.

Matt, Caroline and Sakura rushed into the cellar, closing the door behind them. "Come on, down here," Caroline led them in further.

"Is that going to hold?" Matt asked.

"No," Caroline said as she kept moving deeper into the Lockwood cellar.

"Help me with the gate. Help me with the gate," Caroline tried to close it. With a flick of her wrist, using her powers, Sakura closed the gate. Tyler came down afterwards, in full wolf form, and looked at them.

"Tyler? It's me. It's Caroline. Tyler?" Caroline tried to get through to him.

"That won't help," they turned to Sakura to see her drawing in the dirt on the ground. "I'm sorry, but I can't stay in here all night," Sakura stood up. "Umbrae septemplex paries anti-corporalis," Sakura chanted. "Hopefully this shield will keep you guys safe. I have to find Damon, he was bitten," Sakura used her powers to walk straight through the cellar bars. Tyler didn't react to her as she ran by him. "Please be okay," Sakura pleaded.

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