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Chapter Seven

In and out of conscious, I could hear the shuffling, the yelling, the crashing. I opened my eyes and could see Stefan attacking father. I moaned, but no one could hear me. Maybe this time I'll die. I thought to myself, closing my eyes again. If I died I would never get to see the lovely, beautiful Kol again. Kol, where are you? I heard an ear piercing scream and slowly opened my eyes, seeing Stefan leaning over father, blood dripping down his chin. I could see his lips moving, but I couldn't hear what he was saying. It didn't matter. I let the darkness once again consume me.

I slowly opened my eyes and blinked a couple times. I sat up in the very comfortable canopy bed and noticed that I was, once again, in a different room, in a different bed. This time the room was huge and warm. The fire in the fireplace was roaring nicely and the lights were on, but slightly dimmed. Where was I? How did I get here? I pushed the sheets away and I noticed the blood on my night gown. I walked over to the mirror and lifted if up. Turning around, I looked at my back and was surprised that I didn't see hole. I looked down at my stomach and I didn't see the wound from earlier either. Was I dreaming?

I could hear the sound of whispering and tip-toed to the closed door. For some odd reason it sounded like they were just outside my door, but with a quick look through the keyhole, I couldn't see anyone. "How could you be so reckless and since when did you start giving humans your blood? I thought you enjoyed the kill, so why did you give her your blood?" I then heard a girl say "Its because he's in love. He finally has found something..someone to protect. For once, he can put himself in my shoes."

"Ah. Lovely Rebekah. It is always a pleasure when you show up." Rebekah sighed. "Hello to you too Kol." My heart skipped a beat when I heard Kol's name. "You might want to go make sure she's doing alright. She will be your responsibility." I backed away from the door as I heard footsteps starting up the stairs. How was that possible to be able to hear them, like being in the same room as them, from way up here? There was a soft knock on the door just as I was climbing back into bed. A second later Kol poked his head in. He saw me sitting in bed and smiled as he came in.

"How are you feeling?" he asked, sitting on the bed next to me. I stared at him, then I shrugged, all of a sudden feeling so very confused. He smiled at me. "Am..am I dead?" I asked, staring at the blankets. "What do you think?" he asked. I shrugged again. "I was stabbed..wasn't I? Then..then I was shot..so..how can I still be here? Be alive.." I could hear Kol breathing, could hear the laughter of that girl, Rebekah, could hear the sounds of someone sketching. I jumped slightly when I felt Kol taking my hand. "You are not exactly dead, nor are you alive. You are in what we call transitioning." I looked up at him, my eyes were wide. "You see, when there is a mortal death, that was when you were shot, the undead body will awaken in a state of transition. That's the state that you are in now."

I looked away and started picking at a spot on the blanket, trying to digest the information into my brain. "H-how did I get into this state?" I asked him softly. He sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "When Eunice stabbed you.." he stopped and I looked at him, seeing the hurt, the anger running through him. "I gave you my blood, to heal you. Our blood can heal people. We don't do it often, heal people, but I had to heal you. I wasn't expecting you to die so soon after." he said and I chuckled. "What happens now..?" Kol looked at me with his dark eyes and I felt like I was melting.

"You need to feed. It has to be human blood and it has to be a lot of it to be able to completely change you into a vampire. In other words, you need to kill someone." The blood drained from my face. I couldn't do that. Me a murderer? "W-what if I can't do that?" I asked. Kol shrugged. "You'll die, for real." Maybe it was for the best, but when I looked at Kol, he looked sad. "Look, I can help you. Once you become one, you'll be able to turn off emotions. You and I can be together, see places you wanted to always see and you would never have to get old." I shook my head. "But..I'm not a murderer. I can't just kill someone." He smirked. "We shall see. The hunger and the smell of blood will consume you, just like it did with Stefan." I looked at him again. "M-my brother?" Kol nodded.

"When your father shot you to get at Stefan, Stefan lost it. He attacked your father and, well, he killed him. He drank your father's blood and he completed the transition." How? When? What? I was feeling so confused. It felt like my brain was running on overdrive. "Katherine was secretly feeding blood to your brothers." Kol said softly. I shook my head, not wanting to listen to anymore. Once again Kol took hold of my hand, and turned my head to look at him. "They are both okay. You want to see them again, right?" I nodded. "Then live, finish the transition." He stood up and pulled out a small, silver ring with deep blue stones in it, out of his pocket. Taking my right hand, he slowly slid the ring onto my ring finger. I looked at it. It was so very beautiful.

"It'll be a promise ring that I will protect you and also teach you how to survive. But you must not take this ring off." I looked at him. "Why not?" I asked. "This ring will help you walk freely in the sunlight. If you don't you will burn to death." I shuddered. So there were other things that could hurt them. "Alright, I'll keep it on for as long as I live." Kol smiled and leaned over and kissed my cheek. "Are you feeling better?" I nodded and he smiled. "Another perk of being a vampire. We can heal." Thinking back to my Dracula book, I started asking questions about garlic, mirrors and reflections, crosses, anything I could think of. Kol answered them all patiently and when I was all out of questions, he stood up and told me that it was time to get dressed.

"But..I don't have any clothes." I told him. "No matter. I'll just go a take some of my sister's clothing. I don't think she'd notice. She has way too many clothes." He smirked and within a blink he was gone and with another blink he was back, handing me dresses to wear. "Where are we going?" I asked him, once I was finished dressing and following him down the hall. "We are going to hunt and you are going to make your first kill." he said and smirked.