Moonbound | Tyler Lockwood ¹

XII. Curses and deals

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ELENA LOOKED SICK "What's wrong? Afraid I'm right? You don't want to die? There's another way out" Katherina cut her wrist with her nail causing her to bleed out. Raina scowled as she watched the blood trickle down. She doubted that Elena would take it but still, the urge to decapitate Katerina was there. Ofcourse she couldn't do that. Not until she got what she needed. She'd almost strangled Bonnie when she found out that the Bennett witch had given a witch the moonstone. Said witch then gave it to Katherine before betraying her but the moonstone was in the vampire dopplegänger's possession either way. Now Raina would have to make her a deal. "Better hurry. Your opportunity is going, going, going and gone" Katherine said as the cut on his wrist healed "I made the other choice"

"So how much of your little story is true?" Raina asked. "I have no reason to lie. I have no reason to do anything but sit here and read and rot" Katherine said. "Okay, assuming it's even partially true, that's the reason why you came back isn't it? Because you wanted to be the one to hand me over to Klaus and Raina" Elena guessed. Smart. "Five hundred years on the run, I figured maybe they'd be willing to strike a deal" Katherine shrugged.

"So you got Mason Lockwood to find you the moonstone" Elena stated "Right again" The vampire doppelgänger said. "What else do you need to break the curse?" The Dopplegänger asked. "It's not just me or the stone, is it? Otherwise there would be no reason to trigger Tyler Lockwood's werewolf curse" she reasoned. "Witches and their spells, so many ingredients, so many people to sacrifice" Katherine drawled.

"So you need a werewolf?" Elena asked "It's surprising she even found one, they're near extinct" Raina stated. "What else?" The Dopplegänger asked. "A witch to do the spell. Mine bailed but Bonnie will do just fine" Katherine said nonchalantly. "Unless the originals already have their own witch, they have a lot of supernatural creatures trying to get in their good graces" Raina pointed out. "What else?" Elena asked. The Original could sense her nervousness growing.

"A vampire" Katherine responded. "Caroline" Elena said. "It could have been anyone I suppose but I like the poetry of Caroline. Raina might too" The vampire doppelgänger said. She wasn't wrong, Raina was the type to enjoy that kind of poetry. "So you were gonna just hand us all over to be killed?" Elena asked. "Better you die than I" With that, Katherine slipped back into the tomb leaving the human and the original standing there.

Elena put the cap back on the bottle of blood and put it in her backpack. The two girls were about to leave when suddenly Stefan arrived. "Elena, Reine" Raina sucked in a breath through her teeth. Barbie couldn't keep it in for just a minute longer? "Stefan, what are you doing here?" Elena asked.

"I could ask you the same question" The ripper responded. "So, Caroline finally spilled huh? Well, she still bought us more time than I expected" Raina said. "No, she kept your secret but it didn't take long for me to figure out what was important that you'd have to keep it from me" Stefan said. "I knew that you'd stop me" Elena stated.

"Listen to me, whatever she said to you is a lie. Do not listen to her. She's a liar" Stefan said "What if she isn't? You didn't hear what she said" Elena protested. "You don't have to worry, I'm not gonna let anything happen to you" The ripper assured her "The confidence is appreciated Stef, but trust me, there's nothing you can do against the originals" Raina said. Katherine chose to reappear just then.

"She's right, there's nothing you can do, Stefan. I haven't even told you the best part of the story... They killed them, my entire family, just to get back at me for running. Whatever you do to escape Klaus and Raina they will get their vengeance on your friends, your family and anyone that you've ever loved" The vampire dopplegänger said.

"No, look at me. No, do not listen to her, okay?" Stefan said. "You're in denial Stefan, Katherine is right. You can't do a thing to stop the originals" Raina said. "Unless of course you have this..." The original froze as the vampire dopplegänger showed them the moonstone. This bitch had some nerve... "What?" Elena asked. "Oh no, there it is. It's the ultimate lie, isn't it? You spun this whole thing so that we would have to get the stone from you, didn't you?" Stefan asked. "I didn't spin anything, Stefan. It's the truth" Katherine shrugged.

"No, let me guess. You want to trade that stone for your freedom, you manipulative, psychotic bitch" The ripper said. "My freedom?" Katherine scoffed "That's where you're wrong, Stefan. I don't want my freedom because when Klaus and Raina show up to kill us all... And they will, I'll be in the tomb, where no vampire will enter because they can't get out. I'll be the safest psychotic bitch in town" Raina let out a humorless scoff "I thought you of all people would know Katherine... nothing stands in Klaus and Raina's way. Nothing and nobody. You're just waiting to be killed" she said darkly. In response the dopplegänger vampire slunk back into the tomb wordlessly.

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[Minor timeskip]

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Raina had left with Stefan and Elena and after getting an earful about letting the two dopplegängers near each other she'd finally managed to return to the tomb under the church.
She heard Katerina's tears before she saw them, the dopplegänger stared at a photo of her parents though she tried composing herself quickly when the original entered. Raina tilted her head, sitting down in front of Katherine "Why do you cry for him Dove?" She cooed, looking pointedly down at the picture of the dopplegängers father.

"After everything he did to you... I thought you would have been happier to see the gift I left behind for you" She smiled a soft but cruel smile. Katherine abruptly shut the book. "You want the moonstone? Give me a better deal" she snapped. "You were so much more fun when you were human" Raina sighed, exaggerated boredom in her voice "But yes I do. And here is the new and improved deal: Keep the moonstone with you for safe keeping, in return I keep you safe from me, my brothers and anybody else who would seek to kill you" she said. "And as a thank you for triggering Lockwood's curse for me, I'll even get you a supply of blood now again. Do we have a deal?"

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[Edited?: Yes]
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