Roslyn Sommers: The Vampire Diaries

S02E33: By The Light of The Moon

Roslyn's POV

I meet Caroline at the grill, tonight is the full moon. We're meeting Tyler as we volunteered to help him. Damon is ok with it. He is protecting Elena, while Bonnie unspells the moonstone and Stefan is locked in the tomb with Katherine. I'd missed a lot because I've been helping Tyler. Anyway Tyler arrives and greets us.

"Is something wrong?" I ask noticing he's on edge.

"This girl Mason knows stopped by the house. She said he never made it back to Florida. My mom is freaking out and she was on the phone with your mom when I left" he tells us. "We should get going" he adds changing the subject. We agree and leave as I give Alaric a look. He nods his head and takes out his phone.

(Woods near, Lockwood cellar)

"Maybe he just stopped to go surf somewhere. Isn't that Mason's whole thing?" Care asks us.

"He does love a good swirl" I tell them.

"Maybe. This girl just seemed to think he would have called" Tyler tells us.

"I'm sure he's fine, he can take care of himself" I remind him.

"Yeah, anyway...let's do this" he tells us. He grabs his stuff from the trunk, then leads us to the cellar. I look at Care who looks guilty for lying to him, but she says nothing. I too feel guilty, but it's for the best. Damon would kill Tyler if he knew.

"Tell me you brought the instruction manual" Care says as he brings out the chains from his bag.

"Tell me you brought the wolfsbane" Tyler says.

"Yes. Not an easy herb to find. This is it" she says showing it to us. Tyler touches it and his fingers burn. He yelps and draws in his breath.

"I have a water bottle in my bag, we can mix it in there" he tells her. She does as she's told as Tyler starts to set up the chains with my help. "The guy at the hardware store said this set-up could hold up to 5,000 pounds" he tells us.

"Is that more then a werewolf can pull?" I ask him.

"I have no idea" he states. He takes off his shirt and turns away. I roll my eyes.

"Oh my god, you're not gonna get naked, are you?" Care asks when she sees him in his boxers.

"It's elastic. What should I wear? I don't think it's like The Hulk, where I get to keep my pants" Tyler explains. Caroline blushes and looks away. I giggle, someone is getting a crush. I wrap the chains around Tyler's wrists, ankles, neck and waist. All are attached to the walls and floor. Care and I stand by the door.

"What time is it?" I ask Care who looks at her phone.

"Almost eight" she answers. "What time does the moon crest or whatever?" she asks us.

"Not for awhile yet" I tell her.

"Mason's journal said the first transformation can happen before the moon hits its apex" Tyler states.

"Does it say how long you'll actually be a wolf?" we ask him.

"A few hours. Maybe more, maybe less" he tells us. He tries to sit down next to her but he can't because of the chains. He takes the bottle with the wolfsbane.

"Are you sure you want to do that?" I ask him. I couldn't imagine drinking Vervain after I nearly died in a well of it. Wolfsbane seems to have the same effect of werewolves as vervain does on vampires.

"Yeah. Mason said it'll diminish my strength so I can't break free" Tyler states. He starts to drink it. He drinks a few swallows, but he begins to choke and then starts to gag, vomiting on the ground. He falls to his knees as he coughs. Caroline and I getcloser to him and touch his back.

Care runs a hand through his hair as I rub his back soothingly. "It'll be ok Ty, we'll be here as long as possible" I tell him. Tyler is now writhing in pain. He tries to removes the chain, but can't. Care and I are still comforting him.

"I'm burning up. It burns" he cries.

"I know" I say gently.

"Just breathe through this, okay?" Care tells him.

"I'm trying. You both should go" he tells us.

"Not yet" we tell him. He screams as his bones begin to break.

"It hurts" he whimpers.

"It'll be ok" I say trying to stay strong. He's like my brother, I hate seeing him this way. "I want to help, we both do. But I don't know what we can do" I tell him sadly.

"There's nothing you can do" he groans and his spin begins to break. He screams telling us to get out as we tear up. We yelled 'no!'. "Get out! I don't want to hurt you both" he tells us.

"No!" we say firmly and embrace him from behind. He relaxes closing his eyes. "It's okay. You'll fight through it, okay?" Care tells him. Tyler's limbs spasm, and more bones break. He screams in pain and we try to sooth him. He tells us to leave pushing us away as his eyes turn yellow.

"Care we have to go" I tell her as we back away from him. He gets up and looks everywhere around him as we close the gate. He hears it and looks at us. I see his golden eyes and wolf fangs. Tyler rushes over to us and he removes one of his chains. We lock the gate and run to the door.

We shut it tightly behind us as we sob. Suddenly Tyler tries to break the wooden door. We know the door won't hold so we prop a wooden plank against it. Then vamp-run into the woods, still crying. We climb a tree and stay close waiting for the moon to disappear.

(A few hours later)

Caroline and I made out way back down into the cellar. To see the wooden door still in place, with a few holes in is. But none big enough to let a wolf through. "Tyler?" we call.

"Caroline, Roslyn" we hear him call weakly. I remove the wooden plank and Care opens the door. We rush inside to see a naked Tyler curled up in the middle of the cellar. I take off my jacket covering him with it.

"You did it Tyler" I tell him.

"You didn't get out" Care adds.

"You're ok" we say together.

"No, I'm not" he cries and we hug him. We promise him it'll get better. He soon calms down and we leave him to get dressed. I see a message from Elena telling me she'd made a deal with Elijah and that Stefan has been freed from the tomb. Damn it, can't she just trust the others to protect her?

A/N

Picture above of Caroline comforting Tyler through transformation and on the external link of Tyler's eyes & fangs.