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Chapter 26

        Stefan, Elena, and I were al sitting in the common area planning our "attack" on Klaus with Elijah.
            "Tonight is the full moon. We should assume that Klaus is prepared to break the curse." Elijah said to us.
         "Elena said that the Sun and the Moon curse is fake? That it's actually just a curse placed on Klaus." Stefan said. I looked at Elijah, who nodded at me.
         "Klaus is a vampire born of a werewolf bloodline. The curse has kept his werewolf aspect from manifesting. But if he breaks it...He'll be a true hybrid." I said. Damon enters the common area, glaring at me. What a lovely way to welcome me this fine morning.
            "Then why are we letting him break the curse? We can kill him today. With Iris." Damon said.
           "No. Iris can't use that much power without dying." Stefan said, wrapping a protective arm around me.
           "I'll write you a great eulogy." Damon said, looking at me.
            "My sisters death is not an option, Damon." Elijah said.
           "All right, how do we break this curse?" Stefan asked.
           "Well, the ritual itself is relatively straightforward. The ingredients, so to speak, you already know." Elijah said.
           "The moon stone." Stefan said. Elijah nodded.
          "A witch will channel the power of the full moon to release the spell that's bound within the stone. After that, Klaus, being both werewolf and vampire, will sacrifice one of each." I said.    
          "And where do I fit in?" Elena asked.
          "The final part of the ritual." Elijah said, standing up, grabbing a box off the shelf. "Klaus must drink the blood of the doppelgänger...to the point of your death." Damon takes Elenas hand. Elijah pulled out a vial that I haven't seen in a good five hundred years.
             "Is that?" I asked my brother who nodded at me. 
             "This is an elixir that I acquired some 500 years ago for Katerina. It possesses mystical properties of resuscitation." Elijah said.
            "So I'll be dead?" Elena asked.
            "Then you won't." I said.
            "That's your plan? A magical witch potion with no expiration date?" Damon asked. He removed his focus from Elijah and placed it to Elena. "You want to come back to life, what about John's ring?"
           "Those rings only work on humans. The doppelgänger's a supernatural occurrence. Odds are, the ring won't work." I said.  
         "I'll take those odds over your elixir. What if it doesn't work, Elena?" Damon asked.
         "Then I guess I'll just be dead." Elena said. Damon looked for answers in all of us. We all shrugged, making him frustrated so he stormed out of the room. "Do we know if Klaus has everything he needs to do this? Does he have a werewolf?"
           "Klaus has been waiting to break this curse for over a thousand years. If he doesn't already have a werewolf, my guess is by tonight, he will." Elijah said. I turned to Stefan.
             "Would you go check on Damon for me?" I asked Stefan. He kissed me on the cheek, getting up, walking out of the door. I couldn't help but smile.
          "Oooooo little sis has a crushhhhhh." Elijah said to me. It was out of his character, but he wanted to make me embarrassed.
          "Do you really want me to say her name in front of Elena?" I asked my brother. I remember his little love story with Katherine.
           "You wouldn't dare." He said, laughing. I smiled at him. I really missed having an older brother who would pick on me non stop.
          "You'd think he'd understand why I'm willing to do this." Elena said, touching the elixir.
           "Why are you, Elena?" I asked her.
          "I'm the key to breaking the curse. Klaus is here because of me. If I don't stop him, then he's going to hurt people. It's that simple." Elena said.
            "You know, there's a possibility this elixir won't work. I don't want to mislead you." Elijah said.
            "It's a risk I'm willing to take." Elena said.
            "GET OUT!" I hear Jenna shout. I look at Elena, running towards the sound. I was met by Stefan and Damon, and in front of us was Jenna holding a crossbow that was trained onto Alaric.
           "Woah..." I said, looking at Jenna.
           "Jenna put the crossbow down." Alaric pleads.
            "What's going on here?" Elena asked.
             "It's me, Elena, I swear, okay? He let me go. Klaus let me go." Alaric said.
             "Prove it." Damon said.
             "Okay, uh, first night you and I spent together, Jeremy walked in right when I was about to..." Alaric said looking at Jenna, who stopped him quickly.
            "Yep it's him." Jenna said. I shook in disgust.
            "Why did our brother let you go?" Elijah asked.
            "He wanted me to deliver a message. The sacrifice happens tonight." Alaric said.
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         "So you don't remember anything that happened?" Stefan asked a very confused Alaric.
          "No. It's like I blacked out and woke up three days later. Katherine was there." He said, looking at everyone in the room.
         "She's under compulsion. Damon snuck her some vervain, but she can't leave until Klaus tells her she can." Stefan said.
          "Where is Damon?" Elena asked, searching the room for her lover.
           "I saw him go upstairs." Jenna said. Elena sighed, walking upstairs.
           "So what else did I do?" Alaric asked.
           "Well you killed me. Kinda." I said to Alaric. He looked down. "Don't worry mate. I knew I was gonna die."
             "Sorry." He said. Stefan has gone upstairs, and I was telling Alaric the tales of my family. Elijah was helping me, helping me make fun of Klaus. I heard Elena scream, and a big thud. I ran up the stairs, running into a room. Elena has blood all over her mouth. I'm assuming it's Damon's. I watch Stefan shoves Damon, who grabs a wooden stake.
              "Stop." I said, walking into the middle of the fight, getting stabbed by Damon in the abdomen. "Damon get out of here before I kill you."
              "What is going on here?" Alaric asked, looking at a bloody Elena, a beaten Damon, and a pissed Stefan.
               "Get him out of here. Now." I said to Alaric, who goes up to Damon. Damon gets up. All of my strength starts to diminish as I fall to the ground in a mound of pain. Stefan rushed to my side, pulling the stake out. "Oh my god ow." I said, gasping for air.
"I'm so sorry." Stefan said. I looked at him.
"It's okay." Giving him a reassuring smile.
"Okay, Jenna, downstairs are some blood bags. Go get them now. Go!" Alaric said. Jenna ran downstairs. I was chilling until Jenna brought my bag, feeding on it quickly, but making sure I didn't scare Jenna off. I felt my wound heal, allowing me to stand up without pain.
"Cool." She said, astonished at how I healed like nothing happened in a matter of seconds.
"Thank you. Both of you." I said to Alaric and Jenna.
"We will be downstairs." Alaric said, grabbing Jenna's hand, leaving the room. Elena way down in defeat on Stefans bed.
"How could he do that to me? Why? Doesn't he love me? Doesn't he know how much I don't want this?" Elena asked.
"Believe it or not elena, but he did it out of love." I said. I took a deep breath. "He couldn't imagine the thought of losing you, so he made an impulsive decision. Love is funny like that, when you're willing to sacrifice everything for someone you didn't even knew you love." I said, speaking out of personal experience.
"It's your last day Elena. Go enjoy it." Stefan said. Elena smiled.
"I'll be with Caroline and Bonnie." She said, smiling at the sweeter Salvatore brother. Stefan turns his gaze to me.
"I want to take you somewhere." He said to me.
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Stefan and I have been hiking in the woods for about thirty minutes, hand in hand, just enjoying the company of one another.
"Where are we?" I asked him. He shifted his face from the view, to me.
"It's a surprise. Just a little bit longer." He said to me.
"Just cause I'm an Original, doesn't mean my legs don't get tired." I said, obviously joking, laughing. Stefan laughed, stopping.
"Hop on." He said, motioning for me to hop on his back.
"I was joking." I said laughing.
"Yes, but I'm not." He said. I laughed, hopping onto his back. "Ready to talk about how you're feeling about all this?"
"About what?" I asked. "About dying? About having to kill my brother? About us?"
"All of it." Stefan said.
"Well I died for the people I love, so it's okay. And even though my brother has done a lot of bad in his life, I still love him. Just like you still love Damon." I said.
"And us?" He asked me.
"You know how I feel." I said. Stefan stops walking. I look up, noticing a beautiful water fall. "God this is beautiful." I said, hopping off of his back.
"Well, we cant stop now. We gotta reach the top." He said.
"Let me guess. We will be walking up there like normal people?" I asked. Stefan nods and laughs. Stefan and I were walking in silence when Stefan finally spoke up.
              "Was Klaus always like this?" He asked me, not looking in my direction.
              "You mean, was my brother Niklaus always a ruthless man who was out to kill is whole entire family?" I asked, reiterating his question.
             "Well I wasn't gonna put it that way, but yes." He said, laughing at how blatantly honest I am.
             "No. He wasn't." I said, smiling. "No, Niklaus was a lovely man, who cared deeply for his family. He was a dick sometimes, but he had the best intentions."
            "He sounds like Damon." Stefan said.
            "I remember when I first met you and Damon, you both reminded me of Niklaus and Elijah." I said.
             "So you had five siblings?" He asked me.
             "Six." I said. "Before we turned, we had a younger brother. His name was Henrik. He was killed by wolves in front of Klaus. He died at thirteen."
             "I'm so sorry." Stefan said. I shrugged. "So who's the oldest?"
             "Finn. Then 'Lijah, Klaus, Kol, Rebekah, and me." I said to Stefan.
            "And your mom? What was she like? What was her name? What did she look like?"
           "Her name was Ester. Beautiful woman, kind and caring mother. She had blonde hair, and blue eyes, much like Bekah and I."
           "And your dad?"
          "Mikael was a man who believed in tough love." I said. "Who am I kidding? He was just a dick."
          "You're dads name is Mikael Mikaelson? Unfortunate." Stefan said, making fun of my dads name.
           "Okay for one, at least my fathers name isn't Giuseppe, and two no his name isn't Mikael Mikaelson." I said. "Mikaelson means 'Son of Mikael'. Traditionally in 997 A.D. your fathers name would be the root of your last name."
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            "We finally made it!" I said, twirling on top of the mountain.
             "This was nothing compared to Mount Everest." Stefan said.
             "Nobody likes a bragger Stefan." I said. I turn away from him, taking in the view. "It's absolutely beautiful up here."
            "No that's just you." Stefan said, taking me by surprise. He leans in, kissing me. It was sweet and tender, not too long, but not too short. It was perfect. Absolutely perfect. "You know you can tell me what's on your mind."
            "I'm just terrified of never finding them again. I'm terrified of never seeing me sisters face, or the awful jokes from my brother. I'm scared to never feel the judgement radiate off Finn." I said. I could feel the tears roll down my face. "I never wanted this life. I never wanted to be an original. I never wanted to hurt anyone. Hell I ruined your life."
              "Hey. No." He said, looking me dead in the eyes.
              "I turned you selfishly." I said.
              "You saved my life. And to that I thank you." He said to me.
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           "Thank you for today." I said to Stefan. He smiled. I went to walk into the house, when Stefan grabbed my arm.
           "Well hello Sister." Klaus said, tightening his grip on Elena. I took a few steps back, latching onto Stefans arm. "Hello my sisters lover."
            "Hello Nik." I said.
            "I would think you're excited to see me, but by the way that your clinging to Stefans arm tells me otherwise."
             "No I'm absolutely thrilled to see the man who completely destroyed the Mikaelson family." I said. My brother clenched his teeth.
           "Your words will be the death of you some day, sister." Klaus said.
           "And I'll be the death of you. But until then, leave." I said. "Good bye Elena. It was nice knowing you."