I hung in the doorway of Alaric's old bedroom at the Gilberts, Watching in amazement as Jeremy and Elena painted the walls with a new bright colour. I looked at Stefan as he glanced back at me and shrugged, shaking his head. He let out a sigh as he came to stand beside me. ''Should they be doing this?'' i ask him. ''I mean, so soon?''
''Apparently they need to keep busy.'' he tells me.
''I get that.'' i mumble. ''But really, this colour?'' i say in disgust.
''It was the only colour we had.'' Jeremy tells me. ''It's what happens when you decide to paint the room in the middle of the night. Lucky we had any at all.''
''So how are you guys?'' i ask, shrugging my jacket off. ''After everything.''
''We're fine.'' Jeremy tells me. ''I was just saying to your good guy brother he should give us one day, just one day without vampires in it.'' i could feel some tension around the room as i folded my jacket over my arm.
''Huh.'' i nod. ''Well, guess we know where we're not wanted.'' i raise my eyebrows. Jeremy sighs, throwing his paintbrush down onto the floor and heading out of the room.
''He didn't mean that.'' Elena sighs.
''Yeah, he did.'' Stefan smiles at her. I looked around as the doorbell dinged.
''I'll get it.'' i tell them, wanting to leave the awkwardness that hung in the air. I could smell blood as i approached the door and cursed under my breath as i swung it open. ''The hell?'' i raise my eyebrows seeing Damon holding up a bitten Bonnie who could barely stand.
''We have a problem.''
''No shit Sherlock.'' i mumble. ''Stefan,'' i turn, looking up the stairs. ''You might wanna get down here.''
''So, what's going on?'' i ask as we all walk into the kitchen. Stefan soon joined us, asking the same question.
''Um.'' Damon says leaning against the back of the chair. ''Well, Alaric has turned.''
''What?'' me and Stefan chorus together.
''He attacked Bon Bon here.'' Damon says pointing to the puncture wounds in her neck.
''What do you mean he turned?! I thought you were keeping guard!'' Stefan groans.
''I had no idea what was happening!'' Bonnie urges. ''The witches lead me there,''
''They obviously wanted him to turn.'' i sigh.
''So where's the stake now?''
''The white oak one? You know, the one that can kill all the originals.'' Damon glances at me as he said the words. ''We don't know.''
''So what now?''
''We kill him.'' Stefan shrugs.
''We can't let Alaric die...again.'' i mumble.
''We've got to.'' Damon tells me. ''I should have done it for him.'' he rolls his eyes.
''So how do we kill him?'' Stefan questions.
''I've been trying to work it out.'' Bonnie tells us. ''You can't make an immortal creature. There's always a loop hole.''
''So, whats the witchy voodoo verdict?'' Damon asks.
''I don't know.''
I looked up as the doorbell rang and Jeremy answering it. ''What the hell do you want?'' i ran towards the door seeing Klaus standing there. He wavered slightly as he saw me but soon regained himself as he looked back at Jeremy.
''Is that any way to treat a guest?'' Klaus questions.
''What do you want Klaus?'' Stefan asks, joining us at the door. ''Why don't you go to your room Jeremy.''
''Now.'' Damon tells him. ''And you.'' he says turning to look at me.
''What?''
''Go with him. We'll handle this.''
''No-''
''Elizabeth.'' he snaps. Damon grabs my arm causing Klaus to hit the forcefield. I jumped as i looked at him.
''Let go of her.'' Klaus growls.
''Will you please go.'' Damon sighs, his hand falling from my arm.
''Ellie, come on.'' Jeremy takes my hand in his, pulling me from the group.
''Where's Elena?'' i ask Jeremy as we walk into Alaric's old room.
''I don't know.'' he shrugs handing my a paintbrush.
''So now you want to spend time with a vampire?'' i raise an eyebrow.
''I didn't mean you.'' he sighs. ''And well, Klaus is on the doorstep so a day with no vampires isn't going to happen.''
''Yeah, kinda sucks being in a town riddled with vampires.''
''Speaking of Klaus. Where are you at with him and his family?'' he questions. ''Are you and Kol getting married or?''
''I honestly have no idea what's going on Jer.'' i sigh. ''I've always been Family orientated, Klaus has always taught me that family comes first and now that i have my brothers, i can't help but stick by them but i can't just throw away the life i have - had with Klaus and his family.'' i sigh. ''I love Kol, i want to be with him and that's always been the plan but now- Now it's just complicated and i finally understand the 'it's complicated' relationship status on facebook.'' Jeremy laughs at my comment. ''But yeah, i don't know whether i should just wait to see what happens or give up. I know i can't have both.''
''You're holding onto the hope that Klaus' family and ours will one day get along Elizabeth.'' I turned to see Damon standing in the doorway. ''That one day we will be one but we can't, that hope is causing unwanted friction between everyone. We are too different Ellie, out famillies with never be one.'' he sighs. ''Klaus is leaving town, he's here for Elena, not you. I believe Klaus already made your decision for you.'' Silence filled the room, tension building. I put the paintbrush down, my heart aching at his words. I tucked my hair behind my ears glancing at Jeremy and Damon before walking out of the room.
I opened the door, seeing Klaus pacing outside, looking like a lion waiting on his pray. He froze as he noticed me, his eyes landing on me, making me shiver. ''Elizabeth.''
''What is going on Klaus?'' i ask stepping out onto the porch. ''i need to know.''
''What do you mean? I'm here for the doppelganger.''
''Was this your plan the whole time?'' i ask him. ''Did i become too much baggage?''
''What?''
''You brought me here and made me hate you? Was it too hard for you to say you'd gotten bored of me? Was it too hard for you to just let me go? Why did you have to create all of this mess? Create so much death in my own hometown.''
''I didn't want you to come remember Elizabeth. I wanted you to stay behind.''
''But would you have ever come back for me?'' my question fell away in the silence. He refused to look at me. ''Would you?''
''It was getting too much.'' he told me. ''You know me Elizabeth, you know me better than i know myself. You know what i do, i create distruption everywhere i go, this is all i know. I'm sorry you had to get caught up in this but i knew you could never love me.''
''I told you before Klaus, it was never love you felt for me.'' i shake my head. ''Because if it was, you'd have never done any of this. You'd have never taken Kol away from me, you'd have never killed Marco, you'd of never killed anyone.''
''I did what was necessary.''
''And now you're leaving, were you even going to tell me?'' i ask. ''Or was you going to run away?''
''I never run away.''
''Just tell me the truth. I'm tired of your games Klaus.''
''Ok.'' he sighs. ''When i found out about Elena being here i was concerned. I fought many of hours with Elijah about telling you and not telling you, i didn't want you to know because i knew the shit storm it would create but Elijah believed you should know. And, as he did, he told you. I didn't want you part of any of this but i'm kind of glad that you are, it makes it easier that i don't have to come back and tell you that i killed your brothers or that i made then suffer months of torment and pain because i wanted to.'' his eyes twisted. ''I love being superior. It makes me feel better. It makes me feel like i'm important enough to live and i just love causing mayhem to get what i want. If i really wanted to i could have came in, got Elena and left on the first day but where is the fun in that?''
''You're a monster Klaus.''
''No,'' he shakes his head. ''This is who i am. Maybe you didn't know me as well as you thought.''
''I know this isn't you.''
''You don't know anything.'' he snaps. ''So i suggest you get back on your high horse that you've been riding ever since we got here and go back to your brothers.'' he turns from me but quickly turns back. ''Oh and another thing, you're not all that you seem to have been either. You're as much of a monster that i am.''
''Elizabeth.'' Damon says as he and Stefan steps out towards us.
''Look Klaus, Alaric has Elena and Caroline and he's not going to let them go until we hand you over to him.'' i could see the worry in his eyes as Stefan mentioned Caroline and it finally clicked.
''It's because you've fallen for her.'' i mumble, Klause refuses to look at me. ''That's why you're pushing me away-''
''This isn't the time.'' Damon says placing his hand on my shoulder.
''We need to figure out a way to put Alaric down, to avoid the 1 in 4 chance of us dying along with you and the certain death of Tyler.'' Stefan says.
''I have an idea.'' Bonnie says walking out of the house behind us. ''My mom used a spell on Mikael that paralysed him for over fifteen years. If i get it, i can use it on Alaric. But even with the spell, we'll need a lot of vampire muscle to take him down. including yours.''
''So we're clear, sun sets in about eight hours, Elena will be dead, i'll be gone and you'll all be left to defend yourselves.'' he smiles. ''So let's get a move on.'' I let out a long breath as i sat on on of the steps outside the Gilberts house. The rest of the standing on the porch plotting.
''I don't want to be a vampire anymore.'' i mumble to Jeremy as he sits beside me. He laughs slightly, wrapping his arm around my shoulders as i lay my head on his.
''You could always flip your switch.'' he whispers.
''I don't think i'd ever come back from that.'' i tell him. ''Also, i don't think i'd like what i would do if i wasn't in control.'' i sigh. I looked up as Damon jogged down the steps.
''So heres the plan. Me and Bonnie are going back to the boarding house to talk to mommy witch-vampire, Stefan, you both and Klaus are going to the school.''
''Really?'' i mumble. ''You're sending me with Klaus?''
''I trust you to look after baby Gilbert.'' he shrugs. ''Just go.''
''Fine, come on Jer.''
After a while me and Jeremy were sat on the picnic benches at the school. I'd lost track of Klaus and Stefan as soon as we got here and i honestly didn't care where they were. I looked at Jeremy as he studied his ring and i let out a sigh. ''Why do you still wear that?'' i ask him. ''After what happend with Ric?''
''I'd rather go crazy than be killed because of a stupid accident involving you lot.'' he shrugs. ''Besides Damon wants it.''
''Why?''
''Apparently the spell Bonnie wants to do only works if she finds a balance in life, whatever that means.''
''It means she needs to stop a human heart to stop a vampire one.'' i sigh.
''Well he wants me to hand over the ring, let Bonnie stop my heart by the sounds of it and hope she can save me.'' I look over his shoulder as Bonnie and Damon approach us,
''Hand it over.''
''I'm not giving you my ring Damon.'' Jeremy shakes his head. ''If i die and come back a crazy person so be it but Elena is my sister and i will do anything i can to fight for her.''
''You being a crazy person is not something we want right now.'' Damon snaps.
''i don't care what you want.'' Jeremy stands from his seat.
''Fine. Bonnie, try not to kill him.''
''One big happy family.'' I turned as Klaus smirks walking up to us along with my brother, seeing them together gave me chills and made me feel uncomfortable.
''You all need to drink my blood.'' Bonnie tells us. ''It will link you all to me so when i can do the spell as long as one of you has Alaric it'll work.''
''Can i just say-'' Klaus says as Damon and Stefan both take a sip of Bonnie's blood from a little bottle she handed them. ''I'm responsible for all of your lives, and Tylers and of course Bonnie's mothers so you'd be smart to not betray me,''
''We wont.'' i snap taking the bottle from his hand and drinking the last drop, i felt my eyes wrinkle and darken as i tasted the blood, it had been so long since i had fresh.
''How long has it been?'' Klaus questions, concerned. I looked up at him. ''When did you last feed?''
''What do you care?'' i snap pushing his arm away as he touched my shoulder. ''Lets just get this done so you can pack your bags and go already.'' i pushed past them, heading for the school.
We split up as we walked inside, i heard Alaric screaming from down the hall and before i knew it Caroline was blurring past me. I followed her but Klaus grabbed her first, i hung back. Watching as he looked over to making sure she was ok. ''We're getting Elena, go straight home ok?'' Klaus tells her.
''Thank you.'' she whispers. He pulls her to him, kissing her forehead before letting her disappear. He blinked and looked at me. He opened his mouth to speak but i just nodded, stepping away, i ignored his call of my name as i headed in the direction of the classroom.
I was already behind, i saw Elena and Alaric shouting at each other, Stefan and Damon ran to them, but in the process getting their necks broken. I grabbed Elena as she fled from the scene.
''It's ok.'' i tell her as Klaus grabbed Alaric, connecting the link between Bonnie and Alaric. ''We've got a plan.'' i tell her. ''Just give it a second-'' i groaned as Alaric overpowered Klaus, flipping him over and turning revealing the white oak stake.
''Stop!'' Elena shouts, running towards them. ''Stop or i'll kill myself.'' i rolled my eyes as i stepped forward.
''Put it away Elena.'' Alaric mumbles looking at the sharp object she held to her neck.
''Why? Cause you need me? Because Esther didn't want you to be immortal so she tied your life to mine.''
''You're wrong.'' Alaric tells her.
''Am i?'' Elena raises an eyebrow, i exchanged looks with Klaus before the thick smell of blood filled my nose.
''Stop! stop! stop!'' Alaric shouts, Klaus took the opportunity to push Alaric away, grabbing myself and Elena on the way out.
I sat on the leather sofa in Klaus' mansion cuffed to the arms while watching a woman Klaus had compelled stuck a needle into Elena's arm, drawing blood. ''What are you doing?'' Elena mumbles, awakening.
''Draining you of blood.''
''And you're letting him?'' she mumbles looking at me.
''It's the best i could do. He's only taking enough for him to make more hybrids. Its the best i could do without the result of you going with him.''
''You really think she's going be walking free from here?'' Klaus smirks. ''The agreement was that she wouldn't be coming with me, i didn't say she was going anywhere else.''
''You're going to bleed me dry?'' Elena asks. I look down at the vervained cuffs wrapped around my wrist and cursed under my breath.
''Don't worry love, it'll be completely painless. As the last drop falls you'll simply fall asleep.'' i let out a groan, rolling my eyes. ''Problem?''
''What am i doing here Klaus?''
''We have conversations to have.'' he tells me. ''After Elena falls asleep here we will talk.'' he walks over to me. ''While i wait for Elena to sleep its time for you to sleep.'' Klaus mumbles taking my head between his hands. I heard Elena shout as a loud crack came from my neck, sending me into a pool of darkness.
The feeling of being carried woke me, i groaned as my neck ached, i reached up, rubbing it as the person carrying me lowered me to the ground. I blinked a few times trying to focus my vision, i looked at the threes around me and felt the dry leaves and branches below me. I was confused as i finally looked at the person holding me. ''Kol?''
''Hey.'' he half smiles. ''How are you feeling?'' i rubbed my wrists as they still burned from the vervain around them.
''Where's Elena?''
''Stefan and Damon have her.'' he tells me. ''Why did Klaus have you died up?''
''He's pissed at me.''
''Why?''
''It doesn't matter.'' i shake my head. ''Where is he now?'' i ask.
''The spell they were going to use on Alaric, they used on Klaus.''
''What?'' i whisper. ''Jeremy-'' i shot up but Kol grabbed me.
''Listen to me. Jeremy is fine.'' i looked down at our hands as they locked together. ''Klaus is gone, your brothers have Elena, it's a happy ending for them, it's time for ours now.'' i looked at him. ''I spoke to your brothers, they agree it's time for us to make this offical.'' he lift my hand and kissed my ring. ''We've waited so long.''
''But-''
''We have no excuse now.'' he steps closer to me. ''Your brothers want you at the church in an hour.'' he smiles. ''Before sunset.'' he winks.
''Is this really happening?'' i ask.
''Yes.'' he nods. ''Now go home, get changed and get ready to be my wife.'' the excitement steamed in his voice.
''But i dont have a dress.''
''Just go home.'' he smiles, kissing me. ''I'll see you soon.'' with that, he was gone. I headed home, seeing Stefan and Damon hovering in the living room. They both turned to look at me as i walked in, each dressed in a suit and bow tie.
''So this is real.'' i mumble.
''I guess it is.'' Stefan smiles. ''Kol helped us take down Klaus, he earnt our blessing.''
''What about what you said earlier? About our family and Klaus'-''
''Kol isn't part of Klaus' family.'' Damon says. ''He proved that to us, he wants to be with you. He wants what we want, to be happy.''
''Now,'' Stefan says handing me a package. ''Go get ready, we've got a wedding to attend to.'' i took the package, a smile growing on my face as i looked at them both.
''Thank you.'' i grin, jumping on the spot. ''Thank you so much.'' i hugged and kissed them both as excitement overcame me. I turned and almost ran to my room, i was going to marry the man i always wanted. I was going to marry Kol.