Sacrificial lamb (Kol .M)

5: The aftermath.

Previously on, 'Sacrificial lamb.'

"When you siphon, you get alot more power than you bargained for, making you so much more powerful." -klaus.

'Then it was complete.' -Esme.

"PLEASE MAKE IT STOP! IM SORRY!" -Esme.

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When Esme had woken up she was lying in a bed she didn't recognise as her own.

Voices still rung through her head, yet they were more like faint whispers she could block out.

She felt incredibly weak. Most of the magic was out of her system and she had to fix that.

When she looked around she realises she was in none other than, the Salvatore boarding house.

Yet when she tried to get out of bed, she leant over the side, yet her body fell to the cold ground. A groan escaping her mouth.

Stefan rushed in, picking her off the ground and placing her back on the bed, she layed down, to weak to barely move.

She could barely breathe without her lungs feeling as if they where going to collapse in on themselves.

"Just rest, Esme. The spell took alot out of you. Do you need to siphon from me?"

He said, putting his hand out.

He was never usually that willing to let he siphon him.

But he saw just how frail she was. And it was a very big newsflash for him. She always seemed so strong.

Talking to 150 year old vampires like it was nothing. Attempting massive spells, easily. Literally, fighting Katherine without a care in the world.

Even as she had no parents. Seeing her this frail. It made him remember she wasn't some indestructible goddess. But a 17 year old, kid. One that shouldn't have to deal with these struggles.

Esme siphoned from him, him wincing upon contact. fter a few seconds she was done.

She used a healing spell on her body, colour returning to her face.

Then she quickly for up.

"Thank you, stefan." She said, a bright smile on her face before rushing out.

When she went downstairs she was greeted with none other than Damon.

He ran over, instantly hugging her. He knew how much she cared for Jenna and knew he had to comfort he.r

She cried into his shoulder as he bit back tears at one of his best friends crying.

"I couldn't save her, Damon."

Damon let her cry, doing whatever she needed to do to get rid of some of the pain.

They all knew there was a chance Jenna wasn't going to make it, but in Damon's head. It was just not something that wa going to happen.

"I'm just not strong enough."

At that, Damon pulled away, forcing her to look into his eyes.

"Hey. No. You were perfectly strong. You still are. Not even Bonnie could've saved Jenna, and she had the power of 100 witches. You were perfect."

Esme nodded before hugging him again.

But what he didn't know is she did save Jenna. She was very strong. She was referring to the fact she couldnt handle the surge of magic that came afterwards. And the fact she couldn't convince Klaus to let Jenna stay in mystic falls made tears crash down on her like waves on sand.