I knew that it was an important day. It was the day of the sacrifice and the day that I might die. I had to try my best to not make it look like I was nervous. I woke up and put on a beige cardigan with a white cotton tank top and a blue pleated miniskirt. I couldn't believe that my entire existence at the moment was to be sacrificed so Klaus could become a werewolf. I had been turned into a girl just for this. I felt like I was such a pain at the moment. It was also awkward because he was my best friend's father that I had only met when he was in Alaric's body.
I went downstairs to see that Elijah was there. I was going to do this, even though I didn't really want to.
"Tonight is the night." He said. He sounded pretty enthusiastic about it. I seriously hoped that he had a way to keep me alive. "It's the full moon and we should assume that Klaus has everything that he needs to break the curse."
I knew that he had the moonstone and he had Katherine. It would be kind of fitting if he used her for the same ritual that she had escaped from but I wasn't sure if Klaus had the same sense of irony that I did. The werewolf was still a mystery though. At least Tyler was out of town. I still couldn't believe that my very existence was to be sacrificed by Klaus. I hoped that once this was over with, I would be done with it. I didn't know if I wanted to be turned back into a guy, but I wasn't even sure if it would be possible anymore.
"So what's the curse on Klaus?" Stefan asked. I thought that he would have told him.
"Klaus is a vampire born of a werewolf bloodline." Elijah explained. "If he breaks the curse, he will be a true hybrid."
"Then why are we letting him break the curse?" Damon questioned. It seemed to be our best option at this point. "We can kill him today with Bonnie."
"We're not doing that, Damon." Anna stated. I didn't want Bonnie to die if she didn't have to and Elijah made it sound like she didn't have to. "Just get that idea out of your head right now."
"I'll write a great eulogy." He offered. I was pretty sure that Damon wasn't that much of a writer. Stefan was the one who wrote things, but that was neither here nor there.
"No." I replied. "It's not an option and it never will be."
"So how do we break the curse?" Stefan asked as he rubbed my shoulders to calm me down. It felt kind of good.
"It's simple." Elijah declared as he walked around the room. "A witch must first channel the full moon through the moonstone. Then Klaus must sacrifice a werewolf and a vampire in that order and drink Mary's blood to the point of her death."
It was then that he pulled out a box. He opened it to reveal a bottle.
"This is an elixir that I acquired some 500 years ago." He explained. I gulped. That was definitely not what I expected it to be. I was hoping for some kind of spell. Not to mention I could only imagine what kinds of germs had built up on that in over 500 years.
"I didn't know that was your plan to save me." I stated. I was hoping for something more recent.
"How do you know that this elixir will even work?" Damon asked. "Why does she need it anyway when she has her ring?"
"The ring was made to protect humans. The doppelganger is a supernatural occurrence. Chances are it, will not work. It's nothing more than a fancy piece of jewelry to her." Elijah remarked. The only question I had about that was didn't Emily create the ring specifically for Jonathan's daughter, who I still don't know the name of? The thing was I really didn't want to take on it bringing me back. Yes, it could work, but there was also a chance that it could not work.
"I trust it about the same as this potion of yours." Damon pointed out. "What if it doesn't work, Mary?"
"Then, I guess I'll be dead." I replied. I wanted to cry. I didn't want to die. I needed a solution that I would be able to count on. There had to be some other way.
"No, I am not going to lose one of my only friends." Damon remarked as he stormed upstairs.
"So do we know if Klaus actually has a werewolf and a vampire?" I asked them. It was possible that he just planned on bringing them with him, but I wasn't sure.
"All we know is he has a vampire that he may not want to kill right now." Anna stated. I wished that he would use Katherine because it would kill two birds with one stone. One moonstone. That was a good one. I would have to use that later.
"Klaus has planned this night for over a thousand years." Elijah pointed out. He probably needed a hobby if this was all that he thought about for a thousand years. "If he doesn't already have what he needs, he will by tonight."
That made me a little frightened on what he could do. I didn't think that there were any werewolves left in Mystic Falls after Elijah killed all of them.
From there, Stefan and I went up to his room. I wanted to do something at least one more time. It was going to be the last day of my life, I wanted to do it. We had just started when I heard a sound coming from downstairs. It was Jenna. Without thinking, I ran downstairs, even though I wasn't fully dressed. When I got downstairs I saw was Jenna pointing a crossbow at Ric.
"Stay back." She ordered him. I wasn't even sure if she knew how to use that thing.
"Jenna, it's me." He told her. "Mary, please tell her it's me. He let me go."
"Prove it." I stated. I still wanted to be cautious. Elijah said that Klaus would need to be in his own body, and he didn't have the smug demeanor that he had before, but it was probably still a good idea for us to be cautious.
"Okay when Jenna and I were first together, you walked…" He started.
"Okay, it's him!" Jenna cut him off. That was pretty embarrassing for me too.
"Why did he let you go?" Anna asked as she entered. It probably would have made more sense to kill him, but I was glad that he was not dead.
"He wanted me to give you a message." Ric stated. "The sacrifice happens tonight."
I then noticed that everyone was staring at me. It seemed like they finally noticed.
"I should leave." I remarked before going back upstairs.
So the problem was that had really killed the moment. I decided it would be best just to get dressed and check to see how Damon was doing. I knew that he was upset. I didn't think it was because he loved me, well I did think that he loved me just as a friend. I understood that he didn't want to lose me. I didn't want to die either, but I didn't want anyone else to die by Klaus's hands. We needed to kill that bastard, which he literally was. Of course, so was I, so I didn't have room to judge there.
"You disappeared." I noted. I didn't entirely know what I was supposed to say to him.
"It seems like my opinion didn't really matter." He commented.
"It's going to be okay, Damon." I assured him. I was trying to convince myself that it would work because I wanted to convince him that it would work because it seemed to be our only option. "I'll drink the elixir, and Bonnie will kill Klaus and everything will be fine."
"What if it doesn't work?" He asked.
"It will." I replied. It had to. It probably would have been a good idea for him to test it at least. Had he done that lately?
"I think you just want to believe it will." He pointed out. I needed him to believe it too. It would be a lot easier if he did.
"It's not like there's another way to insure I'll survive." I argued. I then noticed the look on his face and immediately regretted my words. "Damon don't."
He did though. He bit into his wrist and then fed his blood into mouth and made me swallow. I coughed as the red liquid went down my throat. Stefan came in and tore him off of me.
"What is wrong with you?" His brother asked.
"At least now I know that she'll come back." Damon stated.
"She'll come back as a vampire." Stefan told him.
"It's better than her being dead." Damon stated. He wasn't supposed to take that choice away from me. I wasn't ready to become a vampire yet and I wanted Anna to be the one to do it. I was beyond angry and betrayed at the moment.
"GET OUT! GET THE FUCK OUT!" I ordered as I noticed Ric. "Get him out!"
Ric took him away and I was suddenly faced with a different situation. I was going to be a vampire after Klaus killed me. It was something that I hadn't prepared for. It was something that I didn't know if I was ready for. It was something that I didn't know if I wanted. I could say that I wanted it, but I was pretty sure that I didn't want it until the future. I wanted to mature a bit. I wanted to possibly grow a bit more. I still looked pretty young compared to Stefan. Sure, his body was only a year older, but he was from a different time and didn't exactly look like a teenager.
I went downstairs and found Anna with Elijah. I really needed a hug from her at the moment. I didn't even want one from Stefan. I wanted a hug from her.
"Well it seems that we won't be needing this anymore." The Original replied as he put the elixir away.
"Mary, I'm sorry that he did that to you." Anna apologized. "I could try to suck Damon's blood out."
"You'd probably have to use your own blood to heal her." Elijah pointed out. Also could something like that even work? Could you just remove vampire blood like that? It sounded pretty dangerous. I had heard of bloodletting before, but I didn't think it was ever that effective "It would accomplish absolutely nothing. I'll be back tonight."
"Are you okay?" She asked as I began to cry. I didn't want to, but I just couldn't help it. "How about I take you somewhere nice?"
"I need to be here tonight." I reminded her. I couldn't just run away from the sacrifice or Klaus would kill everyone.
"It really isn't that far. It's just outside of town." She explained. "We'll be back by tonight."
"I feel like I need some of this first." I remarked, as I grabbed Damon's bourbon and prepared to pour a glass.
"You probably shouldn't." She answered. If there was ever a time for me to have a drink, it was now. "Come on."
She grabbed my hand and I began to follow after her. I really wished that I had been able to take that drink first. This probably would be easier to deal with if I was drunk. I had no idea where we were going, but I had no reason to believe that she would try to get me out of Mystic Falls. It was then that I realized that we had a bit of a problem. If Klaus wasn't going to use Katherine for the sacrifice, all of the vampires in towns were my friends. Stefan was safe in the house, but Caroline and Damon weren't. Even though I was mad at Damon, I didn't want him to die. I needed to know that all of my friends were going to be okay.
"You need to relax." Anna stated as we made it to the woods. I was still confused.
"You have to tell me where we're going." I pointed out. It looked like we were in the middle of nowhere. I then thought of something. "Are you going to show me where you used to live?"
"No, and I'm not telling you where because it's a surprise." She replied as she started to climb a hill. I was a little disappointed about it. I wanted to see where she had grown up. I wished that I could see what it was like before all of the buildings were built. I wished that I could back in time and meet her when she was human. I wondered if she would still like me. If I could travel in time, I probably wanted to see her more than I wanted to see Stefan.
"Slow down, I'm not in as good of shape as you." I commanded. "I'm not going to be until tomorrow."
"Do you want to talk about how you feel about this?" She asked. I really wasn't that good at talking about my feelings. That was supposed to be something that girls were better at, but I hadn't really mastered that.
"It's not really something that I have any control over." I stated. I had accepted my fate, even if I didn't like it. "There's nothing that we can do about it. I know that I'm going to be mad at Damon for a long time for this."
"Well Damon was mad at Stefan until just about now, so you do have a right to be." She stated as I noticed that we were in front of the Falls. They really looked beautiful. "This isn't it. We're going to the top."
"Do you think you can carry me on your back?" I asked, not really wanting to climb up there. Yeah, it would look a little bit weird, but I wasn't really in the mood for a hike at the moment. I really wanted a fucking drink.
"You need to do this." She stated as she gave me her hand again. I liked the way her fingers and mine fit together, even if it was kind of weird. We slowly began to climb up as I hoped that everyone would be alright. I couldn't help but wonder why I had decided that I wanted to be with Stefan more than her. I was pretty sure that the two of us could really work as a couple, but now she was dating Tina, and I wouldn't dream of sabotaging her relationship.
"So does it have to be a ring?" I asked. I knew it was a bit of an odd thing to say because she hadn't even mentioned it. "I mean lapis lazuli could be in all sorts of forms, can't it?"
"Yes, and you can have anything that you want." She explained. I couldn't help but wonder how she felt about Damon deciding to give me his blood. "It can be any jewelry, but a ring is the easiest to keep on. Mine isn't my favorite ring though."
"That's just a Scrabble tile." I pointed out as I looked it over. Sure it had the letter A on it, but it was still just a Scrabble tile.
"I can make you one if you want." She offered. It was actually a pretty sweet idea. I might have to consider it.
"What do you think of the idea of earrings?" I asked. "That way I'll have an extra in case I lose one."
"You don't wear earrings, Mary." She pointed out. "Not to mention, you'd have to keep them in, or your ears will just close up."
"What's the best part about being a vampire?" I questioned.
"It's the feeling that you can do anything and having the eternal beauty and never growing up." She answered. I couldn't help but wonder how she felt about being a teenager for the past one thousand years. It couldn't have been very easy, especially if you wanted to get drinks.
"What's the worst part?" I challenged. "Besides the blood, that is."
"You never grow up." She repeated. So I supposed that it was both the best and worst parts at the same time. I could see the pros and cons of it. "You never get to have children and you have to watch the people that you love die. I didn't really have that problem, but I've had friends that I didn't turn. Before last year, I didn't really turn that many people and between my mom getting captured and meeting you, I never got attached to people because I didn't want to lose them."
We finally reached the top of the mountain. I wasn't sure if you could even call it a mountain. It was probably just a hill. I did know that I could see the whole town and it was pretty beautiful.
"So have you ever climbed any mountains before?" I asked. I could see why she wanted me to be there.
"I've climbed all of the major mountains at least once. I was bored and needed something to do." She answered. "You know maybe we can climb Mt. Everest this summer?"
"Anna, I don't want to be a vampire." I stated as I began to cry some more. "I hate Damon. I hate him so much for this. I wanted you to be the one to turn me into a vampire, but I wanted it to be when I decided to do it. I didn't even want Stefan to do it. I don't know how I am going to do this. I don't know if I can do this."
"Look, it's going to be okay." She promised me as she gave me a hug. I really liked the warmth of her body. That was one thing that I really glad that Twilight was wrong about. "I'll do whatever I can to help you. You shouldn't hate Damon forever. His heart was in the right place. I mean I was thinking that maybe I should do the same thing, but I figured that you wouldn't want me to do that. I just couldn't lose you."
"Well you're not going to." I promised her. "I just hope things will get better once Klaus is dead."
"We should probably go back." She suggested. "We have to make sure that the sacrifice happens."
I knew it had to be hard for her to think about Klaus dying. It was only a few months ago that she had lost her mother and now she had to deal with the prospect of losing her father, regardless of how close they were.
We went back down the hill and to the boarding house. The sun had set but I knew that the moon wasn't going to be full for a little while. We stopped in the driveway.
"Thanks for taking me." I told her. "It really made me feel better."
"I was beginning to wonder if you would show up." A voice interrupted. We turned to see a man with short, curly blonde hair and a beard.
"Klaus." Anna remarked.
"Hello, Annabelle. I suppose we're not at the point where you call me your father anymore." He greeted her. "I didn't know that you fancied the doppelganger as well. I thought it was just Stefan."
"We're friends." I replied. I didn't want him to know of our past history. "So I assume that you're here for me, so you can leave her alone."
"I was just making conversation with my daughter. I would never dream of hurting her" He declared. "We probably should be going."
"Wait." I stated. "I'll do what you want, and I'll let you sacrifice me, but please don't hurt any of my friends when this is over."
I knew that he didn't have any reason to do what I asked, but I hoped that he would at least have enough honor to do it. It would be nice to have a contingency plan in case our efforts to kill him failed. It wasn't guaranteed that we would be able to kill him after all and I just didn't want him to take revenge on them. Though, I wouldn't be surprised if he would just say no to me because he didn't have any reason to agree.
"Alright, I shall grant your last request." He agreed. "Now we must be going."
I wasn't entirely sure where we were going. He could have compelled me if he wanted to since I hadn't had any vervain. Elijah said that my blood needed to be untainted. I imagined Klaus would be able to drink it, but it might take longer and I doubted that he wanted to wait and I didn't think I would want to either.
He ended up taking me near the quarry where I was met by a girl who didn't look much older than me. He then left for reasons that I wasn't sure of. She grabbed my hand and began to drag me.
"I can walk on my own." I told her. It was then that I was hit with a moment of realization. "You're Luca's sister, aren't you? Your family was looking for you."
"I wasn't lost." She stated as we continued forward. "Has anyone ever told you that talk too much?"
We continued forward and I couldn't help but there was a body on the ground. Upon closer inspection, I realized that it was Jenna. I broke away from her and ran over to see her. I checked her pulse and found out that she was dead. How could Klaus do that? Then again, he said that he wouldn't harm them after the sacrifice.
"She's not dead." The witch replied. She definitely looked like it. It was then that Jenna shot awake with a gasp for air and I realized exactly what she meant. That was even worse than I feared. I never anticipated that Klaus would make a new vampire. "She's in transition."
So the sacrifice is about to begin and Mary and doesn't know what's going to happen? Will everyone survive? Please don't forget to review.