I'll never love again [1]

THE RECKONING

It was nighttime and they were in a classroom setting up mouse traps all over the floor. It was senior prank night and Nat, Elena, Bonnie, Caroline and Tyler were making sure the last few classrooms were all set. Suddenly, they heard footsteps and looked at each other, worried that they were gonna be busted. Caroline rushed to the switch and turned the light off to not draw attention. The door opened and someone walked in, stepping on the mouse trap, setting off the traps by the door. All of them jumped and the person turned the light on. When they looked at the door, they found Matt standing there.

"Ohh! Oh, come on! Seriously?! Do you know how long it took for us to set all this up?!" Caroline whined and they all sighed at the thought of setting everything up again.

"Forgot about senior prank night, huh?" Tyler asked shaking his head.

"Clearly." Matt said sheepishly.

"How could you forget? We've only been waiting for this since like freshman year." Caroline told him and Elena nodded.

"Yeah, Matt. If I'm doing this, you're doing this."

"I'm kind of surprised any of you are doing this." He shrugged and they exchanged glances.

"We're about to be seniors. These are the memories that will stay with us forever, and if we don't-"

"And if we don't create these memories now, then what's the point of it all?" Nat interrupts Caroline and finishes the sentence smirking.

"Go ahead and make fun, I don't care." Caroline tells her laughing.

"You're all lame. And I've got ten more classrooms to prank." Tyler takes his bags and leaves the classroom. Nat laughs and starts setting the traps again when Elena gets up and starts walking out.

"Hey! Where are you going?" She asks and Elena turns around.

"To superglue Alaric's desk shut. I'm making memories." She smiles and Nat nods.

"I love you!" Caroline yells and turns to Nat grinning.

"I'm going to the pool." Bonnie says and starts walking out. "C'mon, Matt." He follows reluctantly, leaving Nat and Caroline alone.

"I'm going to help Tyler. Do you need someone to help you here?" Caroline asks her and she shakes her head.

"You go ahead. I'm gonna set this up quickly and then I'll help Dana and Chad over at the gym." Caroline nods and leaves her alone. She starts setting the traps by the door again carefully. After a few minutes she finishes and looks around the room, checking everything is in order. She gets up and grabs some plastic cups to get to the others and leaves the classroom, heading over to the gym. As soon as she opens the doors to the gym, she drops the cups accidentally and crouches down to pick them up. "Dana! I have more cups he-" She stands up and looks inside but is frozen by the image in front of her. Klaus is standing next to Elena and Dana is standing behind them with her foot up looking very distressed, Chad next to her. "Nik..." She whispers.

He rushes over and stands in front of her. "You forgot to mention that your sister was still alive last time I saw you." She swallows nervously and looks at Elena, seeing her scared out of her mind.

"Just don't hurt her, please." She said stepping closer to him. He stared down at her smirked, turning back to her sister.

"That will depend on your little witch friend." He says walking back to the others. She follows him and furrows her brows.

"Bonnie? What does Bonnie have to do with all of this?" He paid her no mind and stood next to Elena. Nat looked at Dana and noticed she was struggling to stay on one foot.