When the clock strikes 12 [On Hiatus Indefinitely]

Chapter 10

As soon as the creatures had walked away from the scene, one of them turned to the other immediately saying, "Did you see that?"

"See what?" The other one looked at him in confusion.

"Those two women looked the same," the first creature replied, "which one should we present to the Queen?"

"We shall ask her," the second creature said after considering what the first one had said. It, too, had noticed the similarity in the appearance of both the ladies. "She might want both of them."

The creatures walked up the unending, twisting stairs of the tower until they reached the top. They walked through the dark corridor which led to a single shabby room. Inside that room was a transparent curtain.

One of the creatures closed the door to the room as soon as they had entered while the other one kneeled in front of the curtain.

"What is it?" The Queen asked, her face appearing on the large curtain. "I have more important things to attend to so this better be an emergency!"

"It is, your Majesty," one of the creatures responded with his head still bowed.

"Well then speak," the Queen spoke louder, clearly irritated, and the creatures grew afraid. Not wanting to get punished by her, they told her the reason for which she had been summoned.

"So how are we going to get out of here?" Elena asked, still trying to process everything that her friends had told her. The creatures who had thought that she was the Wicked Witch had not returned yet and Elena was determined to escape before they did.

She saw all her friends looking at each other quietly. "Don't worry," Stefan said rubbing her shoulder soothingly, "I'll get us out of here."

"Oh yeah," Damon sarcastically nodded his head along, "Let's hope that Prince Charming here saves the day. Now I don't know about you guys, but I say that we should try that exit." Damon pointed his thumb towards the window.

Unsure gazes passed throughout the group, until Katherine stepped forward. "Look you guys can go ahead and stay over here if you want but I'm getting out of here before Thing 1 and Thing 2 come back over here." She speeded out of the place and had disappeared before anybody had even gotten a chance to process her words.

"We can't jump from that window," Matt said, "It's too high." Elena, Bonnie, Jeremy and Sherry had to agree with him.

"Well then I guess it's a good thing that I'm here," A voice spoke up, appearing in the room all of a sudden.

"Rebekah?" Matt looked over at her surprised, "What are you doing over here? How did you even get here?"

"I don't know," Rebekah admitted, "but my brothers are over here too."

"Wait, Klaus and Elijah are here with you?" Jeremey asked looking surprised.

"They aren't exactly with me. I don't know where they are," Rebekah replied, "That's why I need your help."

"What makes you think that we're going to help you with anything?" Bonnie asked in an almost menacing tone.

"Bonnie, I think you should save that hatred for later," Sherry said, putting her hand on Bonnie's shoulder, "First let's figure out how to get out of here."

"The same way you came inside," Rebekah answered, "I took care of the creatures guarding this castle."

"Huh," Damon grinned, walking over to Rebekah, "Guess there is some use of having you here after all."

"I do find it weird how our compulsion doesn't seem to work over here, though," Stefan added.

"And how my magic doesn't seem to affect them either," Bonnie nodded her head in agreement.

"The only thing we can do is kill them," Jeremy spoke up.

"Then I say, let's do it!" Sherry said. "Let the Hunger Games begin!"