Twisted Bonds

Chapter 45: The Ritual

Klaus' POV

My little mate was the one who opened the door. Jenna stood right behind her. They both looked displeased to see me. Of course, I couldn't blame them. I was planning on killing young Elena tonight. But I was hoping that my little mate would be a little more understanding.

I pointed at my little mate. "You caused me some trouble tonight. I already suspected that someone would save the first vampire, and you decided to go and prevent me from grabbing my second choice." I said.

"So that's why you tried to lure Jenna out." my little mate concluded.

"Correct. Once I I gave up on Jenna, I had to improvise. I nabbed one of the first people I saw out and about. I grabbed a young adult named Hannah. Hope you didn't care about her." I told her.

"Why didn't you just use Katherine?" I asked.

"Because her punishment is far from over. Death would be too kind for her. Now, I'm here for Elena. Where is the young doppelgänger?" I asked.

"Not sure. She hasn't come back yet." Emma replied.

"Well, you see, that's a problem. I need her now. The ritual is about to start." I told her.

"Well, I don't know where she is. Goodbye now!" she said as she slammed the door in my face.

I turned away from the closed door and smirked. My little mate's got some fire in her. I decided to wait for the doppelgänger to come back. I had a feeling that she wasn't stupid enough to try to run.

My patience is rewarded when I see Stefan driving down the driveway. When they got out of the car, I appeared behind them. Stefan immediately noticed my appearance. Once they both turned around, I spoke up. "You got me all nervous. I thought maybe you'd done something stupid. You ready, my dear?"

"I'm ready." she said, easily accepting her fate.

Before she could make her way to me, Stefan tried to stop her. "No..." he stated.

"I wouldn't." I warned him. "No reason for you to die, too."

Elena turned around to face Stefan. "No, Stefan, hey, hey, it's fine." she tried to coax him. "No one needs to get hurt. There's no reason for you to get hurt." she finished before she kissed him. "I love you."

"I love you." Stefan said back. They kissed again.

"Close your eyes." she said. "Close your eyes." she whispered again.

Stefan reluctantly complied. The second she made her way over to me, we were off. I took her to Greta. She would lead her to the quarry I had chosen for the ritual. I had to make a quick stop at the apartment.

I opened the door to the apartment, expecting to be met with Maddox, but he was nowhere to be found. "Where's Maddox? He should be back by now." I voiced my thoughts.

"I don't know." Katherine responded. I opened my computer to check on my backup werewolf. "What are you doing? Where's Elena?"

"I sent her off with Greta." I said as I watched my werewolf start her transition. "It's almost time." I was interrupted by the door opening. I frowned as I watched Damon walk in like he owned the place. "I wasn't aware you'd been invited in."

"I've come here to tell you that you have to postpone the ritual." Damon said.

"Didn't we already have this conversation?" I asked, frustrated with the older Salvatore brother.

"Yeah, but that was before I rescued your werewolf and vampire and killed your witch." Damon proudly stated.

I angrily stood up. I suspected that he would find Caroline and Tyler, but I didn't know that he would be stupid enough to kill Maddox. "Excuse me?"

"And you can kill me for it. I don't care. It was all me." he boldly stated.

"Katerina, give us a moment." I said. She slowly got up and left the room. "I've heard about you. The crazy, impulsive vampire in love with his brother's girl. I knew one of you would try to stop me. It was just a 50/50 guess on who." I said as I showed him the live feed of where I was keeping my backup werewolf. "The nice thing about werewolves is they tend to travel in packs. Need a closer look?" I asked as I tossed him the phone that also showed the live feed of the werewolf.

"Jules..." Damon stated, annoyed.

"When you spend a thousand years trying to break a curse, you learn a thing or two. First rule...always have a backup. Backup werewolf. Backup witch." I started.

"Backup vampire." Damon finished.

"I've got that covered, too." I said as I left to go to the quarry.

I showed up to the quarry to find my vampire, my werewolf and the doppelgänger successfully trapped inside rings of fire. It seemed that Elena and Greta were having a conversation. "Greta, witches are supposed to maintain the balance of nature. It's your duty to them to keep this curse sealed." Elena tried to convince my witch.

"My duty is to Klaus! The new order." Greta stated confidently.

"Glad to know I still have a dance partner." I said as I made my presence known. Greta sent me a smirk.

"Hello, my lovelies. Are we ready?" I asked. I didn't receive an answer from any of them except for the occasional scream or groan from my slowly transforming werewolf.

Greta and I made our way up and to the edge of the small quarry to start the ritual. "I've got the moonstone. I spent five hundred years looking for this. Hate to part with it." I said as I handed the small stone to Greta.

Greta took it and looked up to the sky. "The moon has passed its apex. Remember everything you need to do?" she asked as if I hadn't repeated the steps multiple times in my dreams.

"I remember." I told her.

Greta dropped the moonstone into the stone bowl. The bowl lit up into flames. Sparks flew as the moonstone was destroyed. Greta began chanting the spell. I approached the rings of fire trapping all of the sacrifices. I looked at my werewolf moaning in pain. The ring of fire surrounding her disappeared. Her eyes turned yellow as she tried to attack me. I easily pinned her to the ground and took her heart out of her chest.

I headed back up to the edge of the quarry holding the heart of the werewolf. I held the heart over the bowl as I squeezed the blood into the flames. "Does that mean it's working?" I asked, making sure that everything was still going smoothly.

"It's working." Greta confirmed before she continued chanting.

I made my way over to the remaining rings of fire. "Hello, young one." I said as I approached the still, very confused newly turned vampire. The ring of fire trapping the vampire disappeared. She looked up at me in fear. Just like with the werewolf, I pulled her heart from her chest.

I repeated the steps with the vampire's heart. I squeezed blood into the bowl. Greta continued to chant the spell. Greta gave me a signal to tell me that she was ready for the next step. I made my way down to Elena. The ring of fire keeping her there disappeared. Elena looked up at me disdainfully. I extended my hand towards her to help her up to the edge of the quarry. She got up by herself and bumped into my shoulder as she made her way up to the altar.

I chuckled to myself and followed her to the edge of the quarry. I grabbed the doppelgänger's face in my hand. "Thank you, Elena." I said.

"Go to hell." she spat back. I couldn't blame her. This would likely be her last night on earth. Without hesitation, I sank my fangs into her neck and drained her of her blood. Once I heard her heart stop beating, I dropped her lifeless body to the ground and prepared myself for the transformation. Finally, it's happening! I'll be a true hybrid!

"I can feel it. It's happening!" I yelled out excitedly. I felt my bones starting to crack and change shape. "Yes, yes!"

My exciting moment was cut short. Suddenly, I was thrown through the air as pain encased my body. I looked over to see someone who I believed I had killed. Bonnie came forth, chanting a spell to keep me down as my body contorted painfully. "No! You were dead!" I screamed at her. How? Why? Right as my curse is broken, why?