Fighting For A New Future

Chapter 31

Bianca retrieves the moonstone from her pocket. Klaus looked at her. This girl, not yet a woman had, his soulmate. She had the the missing piece of his curse that he spent 500 years looking for. She looks up at the sky.

"The moon has passed its apex." Her eyes met his. "Do you remember everything you need to do?" Klaus nodded."I remember." Bianca drops the moonstone into a stone bowl filled with flames. Sparks fly as the moonstone is destroyed. She begins chanting the spell in Latin. Klaus approaches the rings of fire. Jules whimpered but looked up at Tyler.

"I'm trying to help you Tyler." She pleaded, the muzzle gone from her mouth. "Mason hasn't been answering my calls who knows what they have done to him."

"I know where my uncle is and he is very much alive." Tyler informed her causing her eyes to widen.

Klaus looks at Jules. "Shall we?" The ring of fire around Jules disperses. Her eyes turn yellow and she uses her werewolf speed to rush at Klaus in an attempt to defend herself. Alas, Tyler was faster and pinned Jules to the ground. His golden orbs stared into her.

"As you can see I don't need your help." Klaus plunged his hand into her chest and ripped out her heart. Jules takes a final breath, tears streaming down her face, as she dies. Klaus breathes heavily as he holds the bloody heart in his hands. Elena looked on horrified. Bianca continues chanting the spell while Klaus holds Jules' heart over the ceremonial bowl, squeezing the blood into the flames.

"Does that mean it's working?"

"It's working." Over in the rings of fire, Elena watches Klaus and Bianca in the distance. She looks up at Jeremy, eyes glistening with tears.

"Jeremy please don't let them do this." She begged. "I'm your sister, please." Jeremy looked at her. "You can't let them do this to me."

"Watch me." Was his only response and her mouth fell open in shock, not expecting that reaction from him. Klaus approaches the ring of fire containing the turned criminal. Bianca begins chanting the next part of the spell which dispels the ring of fire surrounding him. Elena, fearfully, watches on. Klaus stakes the man in the chest and he gasps then falls to the ground. Elena starts to cry. Klaus hunches over him with another stake and pushes it into his heart. Elena watches as the body becomes grey and decayed. Klaus releases the stake from his grasp and stands up. The man lies lifeless on the ground with the stake through his heart. Bianca begins chanting again. Klaus is by her side. She pours the unknown man's blood into the ceremonial bowl.

"It's time." Bianca spoked. The circle of fire disappears from around Elena. Elena looked up at Klaus as he made his way over to her.

"No, stop!" She crawled away from him. "Jeremy help me!". But Jeremy stayed at Elijah's side ignoring the pleas from her. "Think about Jenna. Mom and Dad wouldn't want this, Jeremy!"

"But they're not here. They're dead and you are the one to blame." Jeremy spoke shocking Elena. "You think I didn't know. You were the one who killed them." She shook her head in denial." Klaus grabs her arm and drags her to the alter. "Go to hell, Elena." Elena stares at Jeremy as Klaus sinks his fangs into her neck and starts to drain Elena of her blood. She screams and tries to fight but Klaus has a tight hold on her as his eyes start to sprout more veins. Elena's eyelids flutter and her body slumps. The last thing she sees is Jeremy's cold gaze as her eyes roll into the back of her head and she dies. Klaus releases her and Elena's body falls to the ground. Blood drips from Klaus' mouth and the flame in the bowl is extinguished. Elena's body lies lifeless. Klaus breathes heavily and walks down the stone steps.

"I can feel it!" He exclaimed. "It's happening." Klaus looks up at the full moon. Suddenly, his bones begin to crack and he starts to transform. His eyes are yellow like a werewolf's, but he still has the veins under them, like a vampire. He felt his bone shifting and went off further to transform. Elijah and Finn went with him.

"It's your turn Kol." Bianca started a new spell and Rebekah could see that she was tired. The previous spell was just completed and she had started a new soon after. She was worried but she gave her word to the girl that had become her sister and she wouldn't break it. Kol felt her magic over him. It was raw, powerful, and comforting at the same time. It settled in the pit of his stomach but it didn't provide a warmth, it was more like a cold, hard knot. He closed his eyes as the pain started. The pain was intense and excruciating. It felt like every bone in his body was being shifted and every nerve ending was on fire. He let out a scream that echoed through the night. His muscles spasmed and twisted as his body contorted to the pain he was going through. Rebekah, Jeremy, Tyler, and Enzo looked on, their expressions a mix of fear, worry, and determination. They knew what Kol was going through was necessary and important to him. As Kol's body continued to contort and twist, a strange glow began to emanate from within him. It was faint at first, barely visible, but it grew brighter with each passing second. His skin took on a translucent quality, revealing the shifting of his bones and organs beneath. As the transformation neared its end, Kol's breath came in ragged gasps, his body covered in sweat and tears. He clutched at his stomach, feeling a new, foreign presence within him. It was warm, pulsating, and alive. It was his magic, his magical core. He looked up at his siblings, their eyes meeting, and he knew that they could sense it too. They could feel the power that he now possessed, the connection that he had missed and yearned for. As the last of the pain subsided, Kol opened his eyes, focusing on the glow that surrounded him. It was a beautiful shade of gold, and it pulsed with energy. He reached out, touching the glow, feeling it course through his veins. He was a hybrid now, part vampire, part witch. His siblings watched in awe as he rose to his feet, his body still adjusting to the newfound balance of power within him. He took a deep breath, letting the magic flow through him, and for the first time in centuries, he felt whole.

"I feel... different." he said, his voice steady despite the wonder he felt. "Stronger. Whole." He grinned and Rebekah smiled at him, her eyes filled with pride. It had been so long since she had seen him smiling like that but it was short-lived as a thud brought everyone to the collapsed figure of Bianca.