At the Gilbert House, Stefan was sitting in the end of Elena's bed, waiting for her to wake up from her long sleep. Suddenly she gasped and jolted up on the bed as she looked around her confused, then she saw Stefan in front of her.

"Stefan..." She said out of breath.

"Hey." He stroked her arm gently. "I'm right here. You've been in and out for hours."

"What happened?" Her chest rose and fall as she tried to speak. Stefan stood silent for a moment, then he looked up to meet her eyes.

"You were in an accident." He answered her.

"Oh my God." She sat upright on the bed. "Matt, he is-"

"He's fine, don't worry." Stefan told her quickly.

"Thank you." She sighed in relief to know that his friend was alive and that Stefan had respected her wish. "I thought that I was... How did you-"

"I didn't, Elena." He shook his head. "When Jeremy brought from the hospital, before all this happen... Your injuries were worse than anyone knew, Meredith Fell made a choice, she used vampire blood to heal you. And when Rebekah ran out Matt's truck of the road, you had vampire blood in your system."

"Oh my God..." She felt tears sprung in her eyes, as she looked at Stefan shocked. "Does that mean that I'm... Am I dead?" Stefan just lowered his head, not having the courage to tell her what she already knew. "No, no, no... That wasn't supposed to happen!"

"Maybe doesn't have to. I talked to Bonnie, she said she's stronger than ever, there may be something that she can do to help you." Stefan tried to comfort her.

"You don't know that, Stefan..." She shook her head frantically.

"Hey, look at me. You have all day to feed, that's a day that we have to exaust every possible way out of this." He grabbed her hand as he locked his eyes with her.

"I was ready to die!" She sobbed. "I was supposed to die, I don't w-want... I can't be a vampire!" Then she looked at Stefan with pleading eyes. "If there is something that Bonnie can do, we have to try!"

"We will." He nodded. "We'll try everything." She put her hand on her chest, to try to calm herself.

"Listen... I have to get back at the Boarding House just to check on Claire, to see if she has woken up or not." Stefan told her.

"What? What happened to her?" Elena questioned as her eyes widened.

"The night that you and Matt drowned, Claire did something that had fatal consequences and she was aware of that." Stefan replied. "She and Bonnie did some kind of spell to kill Alaric, and she used too much magic that was possible and ended up inconscious and she still hasn't woken up."

"Oh my God... What about Damon? He must be devasted, right?" She looked at him.

"Let's just say that Damon is a little more than devasted... That night he made me promise that would protect Claire no matter what and I failed to that. She tricked me into believing that she wasn't doing something that could kill her and I believed and now she is unconscious because of me." He lowered his eyes.

"Stefan, no! It wasn't your fault... You couldn't predict that, no one could, not even Damon... Please don't blame yourself for this." She grabbed his hands.

"He hates me, with good reason... He protected you when I couldn't, and he asked me to the same with Claire and I didn't." He caressed her hands. "I'll be right back, ok? If something happens, call me and I'll be here in 5 seconds ok?"

"Don't worry, I'll be ok." She assured him, then she hugged him. After a few moments, they pulled away from each other and Stefan got up to walk over to the door.

Meanwhile at Boarding House, Damon was up in his room with the blinds closed as he sat on a chair in front of his bed. Claire was laying on the bed, still unconscious and her skin was more paler than usual, it was like she was fading.

"I take it that Elena is now awake." Damon spoke aloud as Stefan entered the room.

"Yeah, and she didn't take it very well when she realized that she was in transition." Stefan replied.

"What were you expecting, Stef? She did say that never wanted to be a vampire... But of course, you decided to let her make her decision just like you did with Claire." Damon replied bitterly. Then he looked over at his shoulder to face his brother. "And look where did that get the both of them... You have a vampire for a girlfriend now and I have a dying hybrid!"

"She's not dying Damon!" Stefan raised his voice. "If so, she should have grey veins in her face and her skin would be loosing colour."

"Well, thank you. Sherlock Shit, brilliant observation." The dark-haired vampire mused sarcastically. "It has been almost two days! Two fucking days, it never took that long for her to snap out of her slumber."

"Damon, she will wake up... The only reason why is taking so long, it's because this time she used too much magic opposite when she 'temporarily' died with a stake in her heart." Stefan explained him.

"I really hope so. Otherwise, this will be all on you." He spat as he got up from his chair and walked out of his room. Stefan followed him downstairs, and Damon stopped in the parlour to pour a drink from his liquor cabinet.

"Listen, Bonnie said that she was going to find a way to make Elena human again and that she would find a spell to snap Claire from her sleep." Stefan told him as his older brother downed the liquor.

"Oh?" Damon turned to look at his brother with a cynical smile. "That's funny, way to get Elena's hopes for something that never happened in the history of vampires!" He hissed. "And if there was a spell to bring Claire to the world of the living, why didn't Bonnie used that already? Stefan, try to be a little more logical."

"You know what? You weren't there the day, Elena looked me in the eye and said that she absolutely never wanted this." Stefan snapped. "Or when Claire told me on the phone to give her a chance and to trust her."

"Then you shouldn't had let Elena die and you should know by now that Claire is a sneaky little thing who will give bullshit to everyone just so she could do everything in her way." Damon growled.

"I never meant for Elena to die! And I sure as hell, couldn't predict that Claire had suicidal thoughts!" Stefan argued. "I just respected what they both wanted."

"Of course you did. Because we all know that Elena has a history of making good decisions and that Claire needs to always call the shots because she wants to save everyone. Bravo, brother." Damon sneered as he stood in front of him.

"I made a choice, that I will regret for the rest of my life." Stefan stated. "Let me try and fix it." He turned on his heels and walked out of the house.

Elena was in her room as she struggled with her headache, everything in her body was hurting. She walked over to her mirror and looked at herself, she could feel her gums hurting as her fangs were trying to elongate. The light from the sconce was bugging her eyes and she looked up to see Jeremy leaning against the doorway.

"Jer..." She breathed as she walked over to him and hugged him. They pulled away and Jeremy looked down to his sister.

"Are you ok? I watched Vicki go through this, she was a mess... Her emotions were all over the place, all of those old memories came rushing back." Jeremy told her as Elena could feel and hear the sound of the light sconce in her head.

"I'm fine, I'm not Vicki." She told him firmly.

"No, you're not. You're you." Jeremy nodded. "You act like everything is ok, so no one worries about you but you need help."

"I said, I'm fine ok?" She snapped at him and Jeremy looked at her a little shocked. "I'm sorry, I... Have you talked to Bonnie?" She questioned.

"Yeah... She said when I was shot, she made some pleading to the witches to bring me back and they listened." Jeremy informed her.

"Yeah, but the consequences were horrible." Elena shook her head.

"And what could be more horrible than you turning into a vampire?" Jeremy countered, as Elena stood silent. "I need my sister, not another of one of them."

"We're gonna find a way, out of this." She promised him. "Everything is going to be ok."

"I hope so." Jeremy looked at her as he turned to walk out of her room. The sizziling of the light had grew more and more incessant and Elena walked over to her scounce and broke the lamp.

At the old Lockwood cellar, Bonnie was staring at Klaus's body inside of the coffin as his body was decomposing already.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Tyler/Klaus spoke up from behind her and the witch turned around to see the hybrid.

"What is that doing here, Klaus?" Bonnie questioned. "The deal we made with Tyler, was that you would leave his body and jumped into someone else the first chance you got."

"Yes. When I assumed that I would be a pile of ash." He sauntered into the cellar. "But apparently, fate has intervined and here I am." He stopped in front of her. "Put me back." He ordered.

"I can't, right now." Bonnie shook her head.

Tyler/Klaus just titled his head to the side, "Your history teacher exposed Tyler and Caroline to the council. We're on a war battle and this body is vulnerable."

"I have to help Elena and Claire first." Bonnie replied firmly.

"Elena is dead and no longer my concern." He shrugged careless, ignoring the fact that the wicth said that Claire was in trouble too.

"What about Claire?" Bonnie tried to bait him. "Did you forget that we saved your life?"

Tyler/Klaus immediatly grabbed her throat and squeezed tightly as the witch gasped for air.

"Did you forget, I can rip your tongue out?" He sneered. "Now Put. Me. Back."

"If I can make Elena human, you can still have an endless blood suply to make your hybrids, isn't that what you really want? And don't you claim to love Claire? Don't you want her back?" He contemplated for a while, and she was right. He did want her back, even though she chose the Salvatore boy over him, he still hadn't give up on her. He let go of her throat and she quickly turned to leave but he blurred to stand in front of her again.

"Same rules, apply. No one knows, no one." He told her dangerously low. "Do you understand me, Bonnie?" And she nodded her head slowly.

At the Mystic Hospital, Meredith was walking down the hall reading a pacient's process when she saw Pastor Young with men following behind him, walking over to her.

"Pastor Young, to what do we owe the honor? I don't tell me is your blood pressure again." She smiled at him.

"Honestly, Dr. Fell I wish it were." He told her as she looked at him confused. "Blood bank is in the basement, one of you search the rooms." He turned to speak to his men.

"What are you doing?" She questioned nervously.

"Doing security measures." He answered her. "The blood of this place has been flying of the shelves."

"Who gave you that autority?" She demanded.

"The council." Pastor Young told her. "They trusted me to protect the town, and unlike some of our fonding families... I don't have conflict in interest."

"What is that supposed to mean?" She creased her eyebrows.

"Alaric Saltzman, told us everything Meredith." He announced. "I take it's time for you to look for a new job." With that he turned on his heels and walked away.

"Elena doesn't want to be a vampire." Matt spoke as he put his coat back on while Caroline was leaning against a table in his hospital room.

"She doesn't want to be dead, and now she's not." Caroline told him. "This isn't your fault, Matt."

"It's all my fault! I was driving, I was saved! She's a vampire because of me!" He raised his voice.

"Shh, don't use that word, I'm fugitive remember?" She walked over to him. "I'm supposed to be out of way to Florida, right now."

"If the council is after you, then why are you here?" He questioned.

"Because, I don't know where to go." She shook her head. "Tyler is dead, and everything is different now." She began to cry and Matt walked over to her to pull the vampire into an embrace. They both heard someone approaching and the blonde quickly fled from the room.

One of the deputies opened the door and looked around but he just saw the human boy in the room.

"Can I help you?" Matt questioned as he looked over at him.

"Sorry." He apologised as he pulled out his speaker. "All good here." He reported, then he closed the door.

At the Lockwood Mansion, Carol was being arrested by the deputies while Pastor Young tried to get information about Tyler.

"What is going on?" She questioned clearly confused.

"We need to ask a few questions about your son." Pastor Young answered her.

"You can't arrest me! I'm the Mayor of this town." She protested as the deputies were leading her out of the mansion.

"Not anymore, you're not." He replied.

In the town square, Sheriff Forbes was walking towards the Police Station when Pastor Young and the deputies appeard in front of her.

"Sorry, Liz. You're not going to work today." He spoke up.

"What are you talking about?" She creased her eyebrows in confusion. Then she saw more deputies approaching her. "What is going on?"

"They are taking your batch." He answered. "You're not fit to protect us, anymore."

"You have no idea, what are you up against." She shook her head.

"On the contrary, Liz. I already took your deputies, we've got the entire town supplied with vervain incluiding the stash found in the Salvatore Boarding House. We're making our move." He explained her.

Caroline was carrying her bags as she prepapred herself to leave her home, when her phone began to rang, she pulled out to see that her mom was calling.

"Mom, hi!" She answered.

"Caroline, where are you? And tell me that is far away." She told her.

"Where am I? Good question... Uh, just heading to a lot of boring highways." She lied smoothly as she closed the door of her house. "Why? Is everything ok?" Suddenly the vampire was grabbed by a deputy and he injected her with vervain in the throat.

"Caroline what is going?" Her mother was speaking on the phone.

Elena was sitting in her kitchen with Stefan, as she ate a sandwich that she made so she get rid of her hunger. She made all kind of faces when she ate her sandwich and Stefan watched her.

"It's disgusting." He noted.

"No, it's-"

"Disgusting." He finished for her. And she immediatly dropped the sandwich on the plate.

"Yeah, I'm gonna puke." She grabbed a napkin and put the rest of the food that was in her mouth in it. "I never thought, I would be saying this but I can't stop thinking about blood."

Stefan got up from the table and went to pour himself a glass of Alaric's bourbon.

"I should've saved you first, you shouldn't be going through this right now." He shook his head.

"No, if you had saved me, then Matt would be dead." Elena protested. "What do you think, I would be going through then?"

He just took a sip of his drink, not answering her. She got up from her seat and walked over to the vampire.

"Stefan, listen to me... You did the right thing, you did what you always do, you respected my choice." She told him.

"What am I supposed to do, if Bonnie can't figure out a way to help you, uh?" He looked at her. "Because then you'll have another choice to make, let yourself die or be a vampire."

"Then, we'll cross that bridge, when we came to it." She argued, then out of nowhere she smiled. "Oh my God, did I said cross that bridge?" She began to laugh.

"You're laughing, I'm pretty sure you didn't find that funny." He told her as she nodded her head still laughing hysterically.

"I can't stop." She told him between laughs.

"Your emotions are a bit heighted today." He explained her and she continued to laugh. "A lot heighted."

Then she went from laughing to sobbing and he quickly pulled her for an embrace to soothe her.

"Hey... it's ok." He stroked her back.

"I'm sorry, I-" She couldn't finish her sentence, since she didn't know what she was feeling. He pulled away from her to look at her in the eyes.

"Listen to me, no matter what happens... I'm here for you." He assured her. "I can help you."

"Yeah, I-" She nodded, then the sun hit her face and she tried to get away.

"Why don't you go back to upstairs, where is dark?" He suggested. "I'll clean up." She nodded and turned on her heels and walked out.

Damon was laying next to Claire on the bed as he stroked her face softly, it was almost like she was really dead, because she was pratically frozen.

"Why did you do this to me?" He whispered. "You said that you loved me and that you were going to come back to me."

She just continued with her eyes closed as Damon put his head on her chest and he flinched when he realized that her body was very cold but he didn't pull away anyway.

[Claire's dream]

"Claire, wake up." A melodic voice called her. "Claire, you need to wake up my dear." The female hybrid groaned as she opened her eyes slowly almost like she was afraid, when she was fully awake, she gasped when she looked around at her surroundings, she had never seen a place this beautiful. They were waterfalls, the sun was more brighter than the crystal blue water, everything was glowing around her. Then she looked down at her clothes and frowened, she was wearing a red gown with ruffles and sparkle heeled shoes.

She was confused to why she was in this place and why she is dressed in this way, Claire walked over to the lake and saw her reflection. Her hair was curled one-sided, she wore red lipstick and her nails were painted in red. Her diamond earrings were shining in the reflection and her skin was glowing, this place was so beautiful that she didn't even wanted to leave, it was precisely the opposite of Mystic Falls.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?" She heard a very familiar voice from behind her. She turned around to see her mother smiling at her, dressed in a floral dress with her hair straightened.

"Mother." Claire whispered. She launched herself into her mother's arms and grabbed her like a small childe who was afraid to let go of her mother.

"I'm here, baby-girl." She soothed her as she kissed the top of her head. They pulled away and smiled at each other, she thought that she would never see her mother since the Ghost situation.

"Is this a dream?" She questioned.

"In some way, you're more like in a different dimension." Ava told her. Then she grabbed her daughter's hand and looked at her. "I know that you're very confused about all of this, but I will explain it to you... And we don't have much time, until I need to get back to the other side."

"How many times do I have to watch you leave me again?" Tears sprung in her oceanic blue eyes.

"I will never leave you my baby, I was always beside you since day one. I am watching you from the other side, everyday." Ava replied softly.

"How come I am here? Shouldn't I be dead or something? I know that the witches did something to me, otherwise I would be in my dimension." Claire spoke.

"You're right, they did something. Right now, you're unconscious in the world of the living, and everyone is very worried about you." She explained to her.

"I made a choice, Mama. I had to save them, I had to save Damon-"

"I understand why you did this, but you shouldn't put yourself in harms way like that, baby-girl." Ava cut her off. "You know that the witches have a easy way to affect you, they can use me as their source of power to get to you."

"I know that. But, I was never afraid of them and I'm still not. If I can do something to protect the people that I love, I'll do it." Claire replied firmly.

"And I wouldn't want you to change, Claire." Ava grabbed her hands. "Come take a walk with me." The two brunettes walked around the place hand in hand.

"You're very powerful creature, my dear. But even powerful supernaturals like you has weakness." Ava told her.

"I wasn't trying to kill myself, but I had to do something... I couldn't let Bonnie go through all of that alone, she would not take it." Claire sighed.

"Yes, you're right. But, Bonnie is in big trouble just like you." Ava looked at her.

"Why? Is she unconscious too?" Clare stopped walking and looked at her with wide eyes.

"No, she's not. But a lot of things are happening in Mystic Falls right now, ever since you blacked out." Ava replied.

"Like what? What is happening?" Claire questioned worriedly. She didn't go to all of that trouble for a new threat to appear again.

"Why don't you see for yourself?" Ava retorted as she grabbed her hands and began to chant softly in latin, the female hybrid closed her eyes and before she could understand what was happening she opened her eyes again.

She looked around and saw that she was in Damon's bedroom, she was back in her dimension. Claire noticed that she was still wearing the red gown, she looked up from her dress to see Damon laying on his bed.

"Damon." She whispered, she walked over to him and stopped dead in her tracks when she saw that she was laying on the bed with him, it was like her body was there but not her spirit. She tried to touch him but he didn't even flinch, she felt like a ghost.

"Please come back." She heard him say, and her heart just melted right there. All of the sudden, everything around her was blurry and a fog was surrouding her, she saw images flashing in front of her. Matt and Elena were driving back to Mystic Falls, Rebekah appeard out of nowhere, running the truck off the road, she saw Elena pleading Stefan to save Matt first. Elena was laying in a morgue, Stefan was crying feeling hopeless, then the images changed and next thing she saw was Elena lying on her bed and she gasped, waking up as vampire...

She heard all the conversation between her and Stefan, Damon's room appeard again, he was sitting in front of his bed, Stefan walked into the room. The two brothers started arguing about Elena and her, she saw Stefan and Elena being captured by Liz's deputies, she also saw Caroline and Rebekah and Tyler/Klaus threatening Bonnie to put him back in his body, Damon attacking Matt to lure out Pastor Young... A lot of images were flashing before her and she felt her head spinning, she closed her eyes and next thing she knows she is in front of her mother again.

"Oh my God." Claire whispered. "I saw everything."

"I know, my dear." Ava nodded.

"I need to get back." Claire looked at her. "Damon, he is not stable. I can't let him alone, he is pissed at everyone with no reason, I'm sensing that he is going to do something stupid."

"I was very happy when you chose him." Ava smiled at her.

"I love him, Mama. I won't deny that my story with Klaus is not over yet but I just know that Damon is the one for me, no matter what happens chosing Damon is the best choice I've ever made." Claire nodded.

"He really loves you, he hadn't let go of your side since the night you blacked out." She told her.

"I know, and now is my turn to be there for him." Claire replied firmly.

"I know that you're scared to go back, because everything is going to be different now. But you are strong, you are brave my dear and you are red." Ava caressed her face.

"I am red?" She questioned confused.

"Red is the color of strenght, fire and blood. Muratore blood is running in your veins and the strenght that you have comes from the inside and shines out just like your beauty."

"Beautiful is something that I'm not in the inside, mother." Claire shook her head.

"But you are, I know that you believe that you only have darkness inside of you but that is not true. You sacrificed yourself to protect your owns, that is beautiful." Ava explained her, then she grabbed her hands and closed her eyes. "Goodbye, baby girl."

"Goodbye, Mama."

[End of Claire's dream]

Claire jolted up on the bed and gasped loudly, she looked around and saw that she was alone. Damon had left the room, she felt dizzy and confused. Everything was livid in her mind, it was like she could feel everything and feel nothing at the same time.

She got up from the bed and went downstairs on the basement, so she could grab a blood bag. She drank it all, then she noticed that she was wearing the same clothes the night that everything happened. She went upstairs again and hoped into the shower, after that she changed into fresh clothes. She was wearing a leather tank top, red suede skinny jeans, black platform Jeffrey Campbel ankle spike boots and a denim jacket with studs. Her hair was curly but wavy at the same time, she wore dark pink lipstick (Outfit in the profile).

After gaining her energy back and changing into new clothes, she sped off of the Boarding House to avoid the doom in Mystic Falls.

Elena was walking around in her room, watching her memories when she was human but she heard a noise downstairs and walked down to see what was going on.

"Stefan?" She called as she stopped in the end of the stairs when she saw Liz's deputies and Pastor Young circling the vampire with guns.

Tyler/Klaus was sitting at the old Lockwood cellar as his phone began to rang, he pulled out to see that Carol was calling.

"Ah, you incessant woman." He narrowed his eyes, then he hit answer. "Hey, mom. What's up?" He answered with his best Tyler personation.

"Tyler, Thank God. Are you ok?" She questioned worriedly.

"Fine, why? What is going on?" He questioned.

"Pastor Young had me arrested this morning, the council want to know about your whereabouts... Tyler don't tell me where you are, the less I know the better." Carol told him.

"Mom, I'm ok. Relax." Tyler/Klaus replied.

"You weren't answering your phone, honey. I was so scared that you were with Caroline." Carol trailed off.

"No, I'm not with her." He sighed in frustation, already bored with this conversation. "Why are you asking?"

"The council took her." Carol informed him.

"What? Mom, I gotta go. I'll call you later ok?" He didn't let her say anything as he hanged up the phone.

Claire was in the entrance of the cellar and heard the entire conversation between the hybrid and Carol, without him noticing she fled from the place.

Rebekah started to wake up slowly, as she saw that she was tied with ropes. The Original tried to free herself but it was no use.

"Vervain ropes." Caroline told her who was sitting beside her, tied as well. "Looks like Alaric, expose us all to the council."

"The council?" Rebekah scoffed. "What exactly do they think, they can do to me?" Before the older blonde could answer, suddenly the windows of the car broke into million pieces as the police car fell upside down.

"What the hell happened?" Rebekah coughed. The trunk of the car was ripped, as Claire got inside of the vehicle.

"Hey Care." The female hybrid smiled at the blonde.

"Claire? Oh my God, you're alive!" The blonde smiled widely at her. Claire proceeded to rip the ropes as she looked at her.

"I was never dead, blondie." Claire rolled her eyes. She helped her friend to get out of the car, and Rebekah tried to free herself again.

"Wait, what about me?" She protested.

"Why don't you wait for your big brother to come and save you?" Claire suggested sarcastically. "If he really gives a damn about you, he will come."

"What are you talking about? Nikklaus is dead!" Rebekah hissed at her.

"Yeah, he doesn't die that easily." Claire told her, with that she left the Original there and walked away with Caroline.

"That's not possible." Rebekah cried as she struggled against the ropes.

Damon was in the Gilbert House as Liz entered from the front door towards him with a worried face.

"This better be good, Liz. In case, you don't know I have a half-dead-dead and half-alive girlfriend to look over-"

"They took them, the council are grabbing all the vampires they can, Rebekah, Stefan, Elena and Caroline..." Liz blurted out.

"Please, tell me you have something... Anything." Damon looked at her with his brows furrowed. Just then, Meredith walked into the room to join them.

"I can't. The council locked me and Carol out of my office. Files, computer, everything." She sighed.

"So... The mayor and the Sheriff, never came with a backup plan, Liz?" Damon mused angrily as he stood in front of her.

"Damon, relax." Meredith tried to calm him down. "When Caroline called to say she was away, did she know where they were planning to take her?" She turned to the Sheriff.

"No, just that she was in some Van in the middle of nowhere and she managed to escape." Liz answered.

"Perfect. Now we're down to nowhere." Damon hissed as he turned to pace the room. If he hadn't enough problems, he wanted to get back to the Boarding House to stay with Claire but now he couldn't because his brother was kidnapped by the council.

Then, someone knocked at the door and Matt walked into the room quietly as he looked over at them.

"Hey, is Elena here?" He questioned.

"No, busboy. As you can see Elena is not here, because she was kidnapped along with my idot brother." Damon snapped at him.

"Kidnapped by who?" Matt looked at him confused.

"The council took them." Meredith told him. Damon just narrowed his eyes and walked into the kitchen, and grabbed Alaric's old bottle of bourbon.

Elena was inside of the Farm house of Pastor Young, trying to control her hunger and urge to attack the human that was with her.

"Still want to be a writter?" Pastor Young questioned. "I remember when you read your short stories to my daughter, when you used to babysit. She still loves writting because of you."

"Why did you bring me here?" She changed the subject.

"My deputies, can watch out for us here, no vampires where invited in." He answered, but she wasn't paying attention to him, she could hear the small noises in the room that were affecting her nervous system. "Look Elena, I know this sounds crazy but years ago your parents had emergency plans like this, I never thought we would had to use it."

The sun was hitting her face and she tried to cover putting her hand to block the sunlight as she tried to control her desire to give in.

"Elena?" Pastor Young looked at her. "Elena, are you ok?"

"Where's Stefan?" She demanded

"Where he can't hurt you." He told her.

"He would never hurt me." She scoffed. "You have no idea, what are you talking about."

"I know that wherever you go that Salvatore vampire seems to follow you." He retorted, then he walked over to the fridge. "You hungry?"

"No." She answered quickly as he pulled out a lane with meat and placed on the counter and grabbed the knife. "So we'll hold into Stefan, until Damon and his hybrid girlfriend comes searching for you two... We'll use Rebekah to lure her sibilings back into town, you'll give us the white oak stake and then... We'll exterminate the entire race of vampires forever." As he placed the plate with meat in front of her, she tried to control herself as she saw the bloody meat in front of her and took deep breaths.

"Something wrong?" He questioned. "Elena, are you ok?"

"Yeah." She nodded, but she could only concentrate in the flowing blood that was pumping into his veins, suddenly the noises were becoming too much for her and she got up.

"No, I have to get out of here." She ran out of the house. He walked to the threshold and watched her run.

"Get her." He ordered, she couldn't get too far because she was feeling weak and the sun was hurting her eyes, suddenly she was hit by a deputy.

Caroline and Claire were in the woods as the the female hybrid tried to get a hold of Bonnie but her phone was off.

"We were so worried about you! We thought you were dead, because you wouldn't wake up-"

"Caroline! I'm fine, I can explain later." Claire told her. "We just have to find Bonnie."

Bonnie was in the witch house doing a spell to help Elena as Jeremy was pacing the room nervously.

"The spirits won't listen." She told him defeated.

"Is that it? Is that what we can do?" He questioned anxiouly.

"There is something else, I can try." She looked at him a little uneasy.

"What? Do it." He told her firmly.

"If the witches, won't help me save Elena, then maybe I can go to the other side and bring her back myself." She explained him.

"The other side? Is for dead people." He creased his eyebrows.

"She is still in transition, not fully dead, not fully alive. What if her spirit still exists on both sides?" She pointed out.

"Maybe if it does, how are you going to get there? You're not dead." He shook his head. She just lowered her head and he quickly understood what she was saying. "No, no Bonnie!"

"I was able to stop your heart to stop Klaus, I can do the same thing to myself. The witches have a free way from the other side, I will find Elena and bring her back with me." Bonnie told him firmly.

"Assuming that you would wake up!" Jeremy argued.

"I'm stronger now, I have a new source of power." She replied.

"A new source of power? What kind of powers are going to let you kill yourself and bring someone back with you from the dead?" He looked at her astounished.

The witch lifted her chin and stared at him confidently, "Do you want Elena back or not?"

"With your vervain and Alaric's weapons they can be anywhere." Liz stated as she looked at Damon.

"Come on guys, think. It takes a lot to hold a vampire, reforced steel, iron doors..." Damon trailed off.

"The Pastor has a cattle ranch." Matt spoke up. "Those hers can easily be modified."

"It's remote, insulated..." Meredith nodded.

"Well, guess what? You just found a purprose in your life beyond working as a busboy." Damon mused as he looked at Matt. "Let's go."

Elena heard someone coughing as she slowly began to gain consciousness and looked around to see that she was trapped in a cell.

"I thought, I'd killed you." Rebekah huffed in annoyance.

"Where am I?" Elena questioned confused.

"They thought you were a vampire, so they stuck you in here with us." Rebekah answered her.

"Where's Stefan?" Elena demanded.

"Elena, I'm right here. Are you ok?" His voice was weak and low.

"Stefan..." She called for him. "I need to feed."

"Ahh... I see what is going on here." Rebekah cooed. "You died with vampire blood in your system, you didn't feed and now you're locked up in here without a drop of human blood in sight. That is a problem."

Elena just glared at her angrily, it was the Original's fault that she and Matt were almost killed in the accident.

"Just ignore her." Stefan told Elena from his cell.

"Has anyone done the maths or should I?" Rebekah vented. "I'd say you got, less of three hours to feed. Before I'll watch you die all over again." Elena tried to break free from the cell, but it was no use.

"My day just got a lot better." The Original smiled.

Bonnie was chanting a spell as she linked her hands with Jeremy, then suddenly she began to bleed agressively.

"Bonnie. Bonnie, open your eyes." Jeremy tried to snap her out of her concentration. "Bonnie, I can't let you do this." But she didn't stop, in fact she began to chant more forcely. "Bonnie, you're dying!"

Then dark veins appeard on her arms, that were going up to her face as she continued to chant.

"What the hell is that?" Jeremy cried as he watched her. She couldn't take it anymore and collapsed to the floor. "Bonnie, no!" The human boy went to stay by her side, as he grabbed her hand.

"Bonnie, wake up! Wake up!"

Bonnie's spirit turned around to see Elena completely pale trapped in a cell, definitely in her last hours of survival.

"Elena..." She whispered as she walked over to the cell. She bent down and grabbed her hands to pull her. "Go back. Come back, Elena." Slowly the witch helped her to get up and began to lead her out of the cell.

"Stefan?" Elena whispered. "Stefan, something is happening..."

"You're going home." Bonnie told her but she knew that Elena couldn't hear her. Then suddenly, someone appeard behind Bonnie and broke the conection between the two girls. "No!"

Elena fell slowly to the floor again as she couldn't feel the conection anymore, Bonnie turned around to see her Grams.

"Grams? What are you doing?" Bonnie questioned confused.

"You can't be in here." Shelia told her firmly. "You stay away from this sort of darkness."

"Elena and Claire need me! I have to bring Elena back and snap Claire out of her sleep." Bonnie replied desperate.

"They are not your problem to solve! Now, go before they try to keep you here." She ordered.

"Grams... Please!" Bonnie begged.

"This magic is dark, Bonnie. It is not nature's plans." Shelia told her. "Touch it again, and the spirits will unleash their anger in ways that are going to make you suffer. Stay away, go!"

Back at the witch house, Jeremy was trying to bring Bonnie back but she was not responding.

"Bonnie, wake up!" He pleaded. "Bonnie, open your eyes!" Just then the witch opened her eyes and Jeremy sighed in relief. "You're alive!" He grabbed her and pulled her for a strong embrace.

"I couldn't do it." She mumbled disappointed. "It didn't work."

"Stefan?" Elena called weakly as she laying on the floor of her cell.

"What happened?" He questioned.

"I don't have time." Elena told him. "I need blood, I'm dying."

Stefan not knowing what to do to help her, he tried to get up with the help of the bars.

"Hey." He called. "Anyone? Hey."

"Will you shut up?" Rebekah moaned annoyed.

"Think we're afraid of you?" Stefan tried to taunt them. The door of the barn opened and a deputy walked towards them.

"You want more vervain?" He threatened Stefan. "Keep it, down."

"Listen to me... Elena is going to die if you don't let her out of here." Stefan told him, the deputy glanced over at Elena who was becoming more weak.

"Sorry, not my problem." He spat.

"She's innocent, let her out." Stefan ordered, but he just turned to walk away. "Let her out!" The deputy turned to him again and shot him.

"Stop!" Elena told him.

"I said let her out!" And the deputy shot him again to keep him down and walked out of the barn.

"She said, she's not strong enough!" Jeremy argued with Tyler/Klaus who was standing in front of them.

"She was strong enough to put me in here, sure you're strong enough to put me out!" He hissed.

"I had help from Claire and I upset the spirits trying to save Elena, I can't use that kind of magic again... It's too dangereous." Bonnie shook her head.

"Bonnie, do the bloody spell!" Tyler/Klaus yelled.

"She said she can't, Klaus. Leave her be." A feminine voice announced, they turned around to see Claire walking along with Caroline by her side.

"Claire? You're awake?" Bonnie whispered confused.

"Well, the witches can't bring me down that easily." Claire shrugged as she looked over at Tyler/Klaus.

"I was getting worried love, it never took that long for you to wake up." He smirked.

"I'm sure you were." She spat. "Or were you worried that you would have a minus witch to save your ass? That doesn't mean you can take on Bonnie."

"What is Caroline doing here?" Bonnie questioned as she looked over at the blonde. "We had a deal, Claire."

"It wasn't her fault, Bonnie. She had to save from the council and I figured out that Tyler may be alive and she told me everything." Caroline replied.

"Well, this is wonderful. But I need to get back in my body." Tyler/Klaus replied impatienly.

"We just wait a few days, so Bonnie can do with traditional magic." Caroline suggested.

"What about you, Claire?" He looked over at the blue-eyed brunette.

"I just got back from slumber, I can't use magic for a few days." She narrowed her eyes, suddenly the hybrid tore apart his shirt to expose his chest and forced his hand into his chest.

"What are you doing?" Caroline looked at him in shock.

"Ripping Tyler's heart out, I'll jump into someone else." He answered, and turned to Jeremy. "Maybe you."

"Oh my God." Bonnie whispered.

"Stop it, Klaus!" Claire ordered.

"He's bluffing, he needs a witch to do that." Jeremy shook his head.

"What makes you think, I don't have one?" The hybrid taunted him. "Or ten? Pick Bonnie, you or Tyler?"
He continued to force his hand into his chest as Bonnie looked at him hopeless.

"Stop, please! You're killing Tyler." Caroline begged.

"Fine, I'll do it." Bonnie blurted out. "Just stop!" Then he pulled out his hand from his chest and let out a breath.

"Good." He nodded. "Let's begin."

Stefan dragged himself to lean against the wood wall behind him as he checked his injuries.

"Elena?" He called. "Are you still with me?"

"Yeah." Her voice was barely audible. "Yeah, I'm here, I'm ok."

"No, you're not." Stefan shook his head. "I can hear your breathing." Rebekah was watching the two of them interact silently.

"Damon was right." He continued. "You should've fed this morning. I'm so sorry."

"Don't be." Elena trailed off. "You had hope, it's all I ever wanted for you to have and you had it."

"I love you so much." Stefan told her soflty.

"Do you know why, I was even on that bridge?" Elena questioned. "I was coming back for you, Stefan. I realized that I couldn't live without you, so I had to come back to tell you this, because I love you." Tears begin to fall on his face as he listened to her words, and he couldn't be happier to know that she will always love him.

"And no matter, what happens... Loving you is something that I will never regret." Elena whispered. "It sucks that I can't see you right now."

"I'm smiling." He told her as she got closer to the wall to hear him.

"Me too."

Damon and Matt got out of the vampire's camaro and walked towards Pastor Young's small house.

"So, we're going to storm into the place with zero weapons?" Matt questioned confused.

"Nah, we don't weapons." He shook his head. "Just bait." With the blink on an eye, Damon attacked Matt and bit his neck.

The human boy was trying to control the bleeding on his neck as Damon sauntered closer to the house.

"Yo-hoo!" The vampire cooed. "Anybody home? Big bad vampire out here." The door opened to reveal Pastor Young who was clearly afraid of him.

"Let him go, the boy is innocent." He told him, Damon turned to look at Matt with no mercy whatsoever and then looked at Pastor Young again.

"Well, that is the point. Give me Stefan and Elena and he's all yours." Damon smirked. When the Pastor didn't answe him, Damon walked over to Matt and grabbed him from the ground.

"Come on, Pastor. You know I'll kill him." Damon taunted him.

"Go away! You are not invited in and I'm not coming out." Pastor Young told him. Suddenly Damon was shot by someone and he fell to the ground.

Bonnie was doing the spell as Claire, Jeremy and Caroline looked at her afraid that the younger witch won't take it.

"This is black magic. She shouldn't be doing this." Jeremy replied as he looked at Claire.

"I know, Jeremy. But Klaus will kill Tyler if Bonnie doesn't do the spell." Claire told him. "I would help her, but my powers are kinds blocked and I don't know for how long..."

Then the hybrid opened his eyes and he felt Klaus's spirit leaving his body as Bonnie continued to chant.

"It's Tyler." Caroline whispered, the hybrid smiled at her as he was back in his body again.

"Caroline." He smiled at her. "Hey." But before he could saya anything else, he collapsed on the floor and the blonde vampire ran over to him.

"Bonnie, what are you doing?" Jeremy watched the witch worriedly.

"I warned you child. I warned you to stay away." Bonnie opened her eyes to see her Grams in front of her.

"Bonnie, it worked. Stop." Jeremy told her but she didn't stop her chanting. Claire and Caroline looked at her confused as Bonnie continued with the spell.

"What is happening? Let me go." Bonnie ordered her Grams as she grabbed her granddaughter's hands.

"I can't." She told her.

"Let me go!" Bonnie cried.

"Bonnie, what is happening?" Claire questioned as she walked over to the younger witch. The black veins that were on Bonnie's arms were transfering to Shelia's body.

"I can't let her go!" Bonnie yelled.

"Bonnie, stop the spell!" Jeremy told her.

"You made your choice! Now that are taking out on me." Shelia told her.

"I'm sorry Grams. They can't do this." Bonnie shook her head, as Shelia began to scream in pain. "Please, don't do this to her!"

"Bonnie, stop!" Caroline walked over to her.

"No!" Bonnie screamed. "No!" And she fell on her knees completely defeated. "What I've done? What I do?" She cried.

Claire bent down to embrace the upset witch as she rubbed her back trying to comfort her.

"It's ok, you're ok." Claire soothed her.

"What I do?" Bonnie sobbed.

The deputies walked into the barn to put more vervain so they could weaken the vampires some more. Rebekah looked over at Stefan who nodded her head in confirmation.

"I got this. Bring the other one in." One of the deputies replied.

"Excuse me, sir." Rebekah called as she coughed loudly. The deputy loaded his gun and walked over to the blonde's cell.

"I thought I told you to shut up." He growled.

"Here's the thing, my family we have money, castles, apartments, jewelery. Name your price and let me out." She begged.

He walked closer to her cell as he stared at the vampire with disdain, "I much rather watch you die."

Suddenly Rebekah vamped out and the deputy fell back to get away from her, Stefan grabbed his head and slammed it against the bars repeatedly until he died. He fell to the floor dead, as blood began to drop from his head.

"Elena!" Stefan called. Elena opened her eyes slowly as she could smell what she has been craving all day. She weakly tried to reach the blood but she was far too weak to force herself. While the blood was spreading on the floor, she forced her hand and finally managed to touch it and bring her fingers to her lips as she shed a tear.

Damon was laying on the ground still passed out as the deputies began to approach him with weapons. Suddenly the vampire got up and he pulled the weapon from their hands and shoved into his chest and did the same with the other deputy.

He looked over at Matt who was coughing and bleeding from his neck, he walked over him and kicked him on the stomach.

"Why are you doing this?" Matt's voice was raspy.

"Because I can." Damon told him slowly as he put a foot making pressure on his chest. The dark-haired vampire was knocked down by a vampire but he couldn't see his or her face. The vampire grabbed him by his collar and slammed him against his car.

Because of the light of the porch he could finally see the vampire's face and froze when he saw blue eyes staring at him, the blue eyes that he fell in love with.

"Claire?" He whispered.

"Why the hell were you trying to kill him, Damon?" Claire pointed to Matt who was now with Elena and Stefan.

"Why do you care?" He huffed. "Since when do you care about human life?"

"And when did you realize that you don't?" She retorted. He didn't answer her as he continued to stare at her.

"When did you wake up?" He changed the subject.

"Since, this morning." She answered. "I was unconscious but I could see and hear what was happening in the world of the living. I could see you doing what you do best, auto-destroying yourself and taking on everyone just because you felt like it."

"It was your fault!" He yelled. "You were the reason why I was out there 'destroying myself', I thought that this time you were really dead!"

She looked at him emotionless as she turned around so she couldn't face him, she knew that she had caused him so much pain, but it was never her intention. He grabbed her arm and spoon her around to look at her in the eye.

"What? No remark? That is a first coming from you... You know that I'm right." He hissed. She jerked off and pushed him against the car.

"You think that I did all of this because I wanted to? I didn't have a choice." Claire yelled at him.

"For what? What did you have to do?" He demanded. She pursed her lips and he laughed humorlessly.

"To even think that you would trust me..." He turned to walk away but this time it was her turn to grab his arm.

"I trust you Damon, I trust you with my life. But there is so much involved, this goes beyond me. You have to understand." She pleaded.

"I'm done understanding! All I've been doing is understanding! I am not Stefan, I'm not the compassionate and understanding brother, you know that. I don't care if you had to save the entire town, but when it means that you could die in the process then everyone else can go to hell!" Damon stood in her face.

"Stop! Just stop, stop with this unhealthy obsession that you have to protect me! I CAN NOT BE PROTECTED! Not even when my mother was alive, not when Elijah was taking care of me and not even now. You knew the minute you told me that you wanted to be with me, that things wouldn't be easy. I was born to be what I am today, my fate was long sealed before I was even born... I will never know what is being safe because everyone is out there trying to get me." Tears began to fall on her face. "If you're mad because things can't be your way, take out on me! Not Stefan, Matt, Elena, Bonnie or anyone else!"

"Are we done here?" He questioned as he didn't look at her.

"Do you even care anymore?" She cried as she tried to make him look at her in the eye.

"What is the point of caring if it only gets you killed? Because, right now I feel dead in every possible way." Damon looked at her. "If, I knew what you were planning to do... I would've had stopped you in a heartbeat. No question."

"Of course. And then, everyone would be dead. Because you can't let me do what I need to do." Claire shook her head. "They would be dead!"

"But you wouldn't be!" Damon cut her off. "I don't care what you say, you shouldn't martyrir yourself to protect everyone else, you have an eternity ahead of you and you can experience so much more, you would had the chance to feel free not worrying that someone was out there to get you... You deserve to be happy and if everyone has to die for you to be finally free, so be it! Because I am that selfish." Damon stood in her personal space. "But, you knew that already."

"That night I was planning on coming back for you, because I chose you. I love you Damon, but there is so much I can take of this side of you." Claire told him.

"Then, leave me! I'm used to it, anyway." He spat.

"I could never leave you!" She cried.

"You did it already!"

"And so did you!" She yelled. "You left me because you couldn't trust me. How different are we from each other?"

"I know when to stop." He answered. She dried her tears and he walked over to her and tried to touch her but she moved away.

"Let's go home, it's late. You need to rest because you just are not fully recovered." He sighed, she walked past him and went to walk away.

"Claire! Claire, come back here." He ordered but she didn't listen to him and continued to walk away.

Klaus was in his mansion, as he conserved the blood bags that he needed to make his hybrids. Rebekah stormed into the room angry and shocked to see his brother alive.

"You knew that I was kidnapped, and you didn't come for me? How dare you?" She hissed.

"Hello, brother. I thought you were dead, so pleased you're not." He mimicked Rebekah's voice.

"You didn't come for me." She walked into the room.

"I had to get back in my old body, time was running thin." Klaus told her. "And I bet that I had a worse day then you. I think it's time for us to move on, find some new werewolfes."

"So you can create your family of hybrids?" Rebekah cried. "You don't know anything about family!"

"You know how easily, they can be silenced with a dagger." Klaus mused. The blonde quickly grabbed one of the blood bag's and threw it against the wall.

"No!" Klaus yelled, he turned around angrily to see her sister holding the last blood bag's. "Drop them."

"I mourned you." Rebekah's tears were falling on her face. "My heart broke, I thought I would never see you again."

"Put the blood down, Rebekah. Be a good girl." Klaus tried to persuade her.

"It's always been me! Not Finn, not Elijah, not Kol. Me!" She sobbed. "I loved you through everything and you didn't even care."

"DROP IT!" He ordered again.

"You want your family?" She taunted him. "Here's your family." She began to squeeze the blood bags as it slapshed everywhere. Klaus quickly grabbed her neck and lifted her from the floor.

"There is something you were right, Rebekah. I don't care, from this moment on you're not my family, you're not my sister. You. Are. Nothing." He spat, then he snapped her neck and walked out of the room.

Elena and Stefan were sitting on the roof of the Boarding House as they gazed at the stars in the sky.

"The whole council, knows who we are now." She stated. "Everything is about to change."

"Yeah, I'm sure that Damon and Claire will come up with a revenge plan." Stefan nodded. "We'll figure out a way to deal with that."

"Stefan, you don't have to convice me that everything is going to be ok." Elena looked at him.

"I know." He nodded. "I wish I could, though. I wish I could tell you that I will never feel pain, that you'll never crave blood but you will, is going to be the worst thing you'll ever live through."

"But, I'll get to live." Elena told him firmly. "I'll be a sister, a friend and I'll be with you. Forever, if I want." She smiled at him and then kissed his lips softly. "I'm going to get through this, just like we get through everything. One day at a time." Stefan smiled at her.

"We should get inside, before sun rises." Elena told him.

"Bonnie, made this for you yesterday." Stefan showed her a lapis lazulli ring. "Just in case."

"Daylight ring?" She questioned and he nodded as he placed the ring on her finger.

"One day at a time, right?" He smiled and she nodded. They kissed again and watched the sun that was begining to rise.

Back at Pastor Young's farm, the council was there to come up with a plan to stop the vampires as Pastor Young withdrew the gas cable from the stove.

"Folks, by now you know that the vampires had escaped." He started while they were giving vervain to each other. "It will not be long until they retaliate against us, but fear not." He continued as he locked the door earing confused looks by the council.

"Since, I've been chosen to be the lider." He told them all.

"What are you talking about?" One of the council members questioned.

"Hear me, loved ones. Soon we will be free to pass from the gates." He replied as he pulled out a lighter from his pocket. "And we will all be reunited in eternity."

"Pastor, what is going on here?" The man questioned again.

"Friends... We are the begining." He announced as he lit up the lighter, exploding the house with them inside.

Hey everyone! I'm back with the sequel just like I promised, I'm sorry that it took a while for me to post the first chapter, but I have school and all that :|

I hope you liked it the first chapter, I know that there wasn't any Damon/Claire action... But I promise that in the next chapter, it will be different :)

Please review to let me know your opinion, and thank you to each one of you :')