Twisted Bonds

Chapter 58: Desiccate

Emma's POV

The day after the ball was the day that things fell apart. My soulmates and my best friend confronted their mother. Klaus wanted her dead, but his siblings wanted to try to reason with her first. Sure, she wanted them dead, but she was still their mother.

Come to find out later, confronting her was the wrong move. Not only was Esther good at magic, but she was quite the actress, too. She pretended to be swayed to their side. Acted like she believed them when they said that they were going to be better, not only as vampires, but as people, since they now had a reason to be better.

Esther, of course, asked what they meant by that. Kol, not thinking anything of it, revealed that he, Finn, Elijah, and Klaus had a soulmate. A shared soulmate, who Rebekah found a really good friend in. Elijah, suspicious of his mothers sudden change in beliefs, didn't reveal the name of their soulmate. He wanted to take some time to observe their mother to make sure she meant no ill will towards them and their soulmate.

Elijah, after the conversation, immediately called me and told me everything that had happened. I, of course, thought it was smart to hold off on the celebration until they were sure that Esther meant them no harm.

Of course, at the time, we had no idea that she would make a move against them so quickly...

The Elena gang still wanted them dead, along with Esther. Esther had a lot of witches from the other side fueling her. Those witches turned out to be the ancestors of Bonnie. As long as the long line of witches wasn't severed, then she could continue to draw power from the Bennet line, both dead and alive.

With the power of a line of witches that spanned back over a thousand years, the amount of power she could draw was tremendous. She knew that she wouldn't shy away from dark magic if she needed to use it.

She decided to desiccate her children. With them desiccated, it would be easier to kill them, even if she had to kill them one at a time.

With the power of numerous witches on her side, she used the spell that Abby had used to desiccate Mikael five times over. Of course, she couldn't do the spell by herself. She had Damon compel five random humans to their chosen spot for the spell, for she needed to stop the hearts of five different people during the spell.

Next, she needed to find five different vampires who were up to the task of helping her. Of course, Damon and Stefan were eager to participate. It took some convincing, but Caroline decided to join in. They needed two more vampires. They called Tyler back into town to help. They just needed one more vampire. They managed to get in contact with Katherine. Elena didn't want Katherine anywhere near her, but they were out of options.

With the five volunteers all gathered, she placed protection spells on all of them. With the task that they needed to do, they would need the extra protection. She gave each of them a vial of her blood to drink. And with that, her plan was set into motion, and none of her children knew what was about to happen.

With a spell, she located her children. For the desiccation spell to work, one of the vampires would have to make contact with the bloodstream of the Original they were after. Then, Esther would stop the heart of one of the humans, that would in turn stop the heart of the Original. Since they were not linked, they would have had to do this one at a time, and very quickly.

So, all at once, the vampires went to their respective targets. It was not an easy task for them. None of the Originals were alone. They first had to separate them. Then, preferably simultaneously, make contact with their bloodstream. And, to everyone's surprise, it worked.

One may wonder how I knew all of this. Well, the answer to that was right in front of me. I felt the desiccation of my soulmates. It was painful. The first person I tracked down who I knew was involved with the horrible pain I felt in my chest was Caroline. I grilled her for answers. I didn't hurt her. I knew that she didn't want to do this. But it did take longer than I wanted to get the answers I needed.