The Sacrifice

The Last Day - 1

"Tonight is the full moon. We should assume that Klaus is prepared to break the curse." Elijah stated as he looked between me, Stefan and Elena.

"Elena said that the Sun and the Moon curse is fake? That it's actually just a curse placed on Klaus." I question, recalling what Elena caught me up on last night.

Elijah explains that part. "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."

"Then why are we letting him break the curse?" Damon asks when he walks in "We can kill him today. With Bonnie."

"Damon..." Stefan starts. "No. Bonnie can't use that much power without dying." Elena argues. "I'll write her a great eulogy." Damon says

Elena glares at him. "It's not an option, Damon."

I sighed and waved my hands around "All right, how do we break this curse?"

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

"The moonstone." Stefan says.

Elijah nods. "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."

Elena looks at him with a raised eyebrow "And where do I fit into it?"

"The final part of the ritual."

Elijah takes a wooden box from the shelf and turns around to face us.

"Klaus must drink the blood of the doppelgänger...to the point of your death." Damon looks at Elena as I tense up. Stefan takes Elena's hand and She looks at him. Elijah opens the box and takes a jar from it, it looked old which it probably was and looked expensive.

"And that's where you come in." Elena says, being optimistic.

"This is an elixir that I acquired some 500 years ago for Katerina. It possesses mystical properties of resuscitation."

Elena furrows her eyebrows. "So I'll be dead?"

"And then you won't."

Damon looks at Elijah skeptically "That's your plan? A magical witch potion with no expiration date?"

He looks at Elena. "You want to come back to life, what about John's ring?"

Elijah argues in that. "Those rings only work on humans. The doppelgänger's a supernatural occurrence. Odds are, the ring won't work." 

He has a point.

"I'll take those odds over your elixir. What if it doesn't work, Elena?" He asks her in worry.

Elena sighs. "Then I guess I'll just be dead." Damon looks at Stefan and me for help but we stay silent. Damon glares at Elijah before he leaves. 

"Do we know if Klaus has everything he needs to do this? Does he have a werewolf?" I ask Elijah. 

Elijah looks at me as he answers. "Klaus has been waiting to break this curse for over a thousand years. If he doesn't already have a werewolf, my guess is by tonight, he will." 

...............

"What do you mean Carol Lockwood is in the hospital?' I ask Caroline over the phone, "She had a bad fall, I'm on my way now, meet you there?"

I'm about to answer when I hear Jenna arguing with who sounds like Alaric. "What was that?"

"Uh I don't know, I'll call you back care" I cut the call and I walked out and into the hall where Jenna stands holding a crossbow, pointed at Alaric. "Get out!"

"Jenna, Jenna!" Alaric says, trying to calm her.

"What's going on?" I ask holding a hand out towards Alaric wearily.

Alaric looks at me. "It's me, Ariel, I swear, okay? He let me go. Klaus let me go." Alaric explains as Elena, Damon and Stefan join us. "Prove it." Damon says.

Alaric looks back at Jenna since there really wasn't anything he kept from us.

"Okay, uh, first night you and I spent together, Jeremy walked in right when I was about to..."

"Okay, it's him." Jenna yells out before he can finish his sentence, lowering the crossbow. I shudder, Ew. 

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

"He wanted me to deliver a message. The sacrifice happens tonight."