Hope you guys like this. This story idea has been banging around in my head for awhile. I'm unsure exactly where it's going to go or how long it will be. I should finish this before the end of November (I'm using this for my NaNoWriMo submission). So expect frequent updates. Hope you enjoy.

AN: I just want to state for the record .. that this is mainly a Klefaroline story with other ships thrown into the mix. So there will be both Klaroline AND Steroline in this. only lets me choose two names for this ... so shoot me. I will let you know that I will keep you guessing until the end on who Caroline picks. So don't think this is strictly a Klaroline fic just because I have chosen those two to define the story. Thank you and enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own The Vampire Diaries, and I have no rights to any of it.

Prologue: When Darkness Falls

He was running through the woods as fast as he could, dodging tree limbs and jumping over bushes, his undead heart keeping pace for the first time in years. His brothers were lagging, but behind him nonetheless. He knew he was faster and it didn't matter who got there first as long as someone just got there in time. She will not play these games with me,he silently screamed as he reached out and slashed a passing tree, sending it's trunk up in splinters.

Through the trees he saw the hint of fire and he growled as he burst through the edge of the forest immediately taking a defensive stance. His eyes widened as he saw the display in front of him.

His mother and his brother. Standing in a large pentagram made of salt. Pillars of fire surrounding them.

His eyes moved back and forth between his sibling's and his own mother's as he paced back and forth, unable to contain his rage. Within a few seconds, he was joined by his brothers.

"My sons come forward," Esther calmly spoke, taking Finn's hand and stepping towards the center of the pentagram. Kol and Elijah cautiously joined Klaus' side, all three of them staring daggers at their traitorous family members. Kol impatiently tried to make a move towards his mother and was unable to pass through the magical barrier that separated them. The fire from the pillars rose and the ground shook.

"That's lovely. We're stuck out here while the favorite son plays sacrificial lamb," Kol spat at his deceitful brother before Klaus could get a word in and soon his siblings and mother were tossing hurtful insults back and forth. Klaus sighed annoyingly as he could not stand for this any longer.

"Enough," his booming voice shut his family members up. "End this now mother or I'll send you back to hell," Klaus narrowed his eyes as he stood right in front of his mother. He wouldn't dare show his uncertainty in front of his family, but his clenched, and shaking, fists would prove otherwise. He was hoping the Salvatore brothers were taking care of the Bennetts as the moon was seconds before reaching its apex in the sky and they wouldn't have much time left.

"If you've come to plead for your life, I'm sorry. You've wasted your time." His mother's head then quickly shot up as the clouds parted, the moon shining bright overhead. She closed her eyes and slowly began chanting.

Klaus roared an unintelligible scream, his veins popping out of his forehead. This will not be the end of me. This will not happen. I cannot let this happen. She will never destroy me!

"MOTHER THIS ENDS NOW!" Klaus screamed as he tried to bash his way through the barrier, the flames rising on the pillars and the ground shaking more and more with each attempt he made. Where were those Salvatore boys?He looked back at his brothers as they bared their fangs waiting to pounce at any given moment. Kol blurred his way around the circle sending curses towards his mother as Elijah stood very still, thinking of anything and everything they had missed or what they could have done.

"Aufero vomica super suum pectus pectoris, addo lemma totus tergum ut satus." Ester's chanting became louder as her body started trembling violently. Elijah, Kol, Klaus and even Finn watched as their mother's eyes turned black. She was frozen and looked to be possessed. Finn gaped with a look of horror on his face.

A black smoke slowly began seeping out of her mouth and down her body, looking for its target. Finn, despite his never-ending death wish, looked absolutely terrified. He tried to move away from the smoke, throwing his body against the invisible barrier with all of his might screaming for his brother's assistance. The smoke wrapped itself around his ankle and pulled him down to the ground. He crumbled to the dirt and began kicking at the smoke, shouting at the top of his lungs for his mother to stop. Klaus watched as the smoke encircled Finn and closed his eyes as his brother screamed in horror for the last time. The smoke poured itself into Finn's mouth, nose and ears leaving him paralyzed, unable to move or speak.

Klaus tried to say something to his mother, tried to move but he couldn't. He couldn't do anything. His chest clenched in fear as he too felt the same fear his brother had just displayed as the unseen force took hold of him, possessing him. It took all of his strength to move his eyes to where Finn was laying on the ground, but he couldn't make anything out but a black, thick cloud of death. They were all standing very still, frozen in time as their impending doom was near.

The fire on the pillars roared and the ground shook more violently than before as they all stood there, bug-eyed, waiting for whatever was coming next. To Klaus, it felt as if an eternity had passed. This is it, this is how I am ended. He took a deep breath, cursing himself for everything he had never done and for wasting so much time on things that didn't matter.

Then, almost as quickly as he could rip out a human heart, Klaus felt something within him snap. His chest burned like a thousand razor blades were being dragged across undead heart, the worst pain he had ever felt. He went limp, sure of his own death, the last thing he saw following him into the darkness.

All of them, including Esther, falling to the ground - lifeless.
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