𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐘 ✯ damon salvatore

11. the sacrifice

"Duly noted."

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After the event-filled morning, Ophelia drove to the Grill hanging on to the hope that Matt will be working so she will get free drinks. The good news, Matt was working, but unfortunately, she also ran into  Damon who she was still mad at.

"Matt might as well give me four shots instead." Ophelia rolled her eyes at Damon and scarfed down the rest of the shots Matt gave her. Damon was about to walk up to Ophelia, hoping that she will accept his apology.

"Ophelia, I'm so sorry, what I did earlier was not my choice and I was just worried about you." Letting out a light scoff, Damon glared at her once more. Ophelia was about to take down another shot until Damon swept it out of her hands and drank it himself.

"Hey, I was about to drink that!"

"Well, I drank it first." Before Damon could steal her other shots, a voice interrupted the pair.

"Sweetheart, is this man bothering you." The pair slowly turned their heads to see a man with dirty blonde hair and deep cheekbones. Damon groaned, knowing exactly who this was.

"Klaus, I presume." Ophelia's eyes widened, finally seeing her uncle for the first time in person.

"Hi, uncle... Klaus." Klaus's expression turned into a bright smile as if he was a child who got what they asked for on Christmas.

"Hello, my sweet niece. I presume Elijah told you everything. Does that mean you also retrieved your past memories?" Ophelia shook her head, still upset that she couldn't remember the past.

"Well, that's alright, we have plenty of time to make new ones." Klaus took one step closer to Ophelia, but Damon stepped in front of her, trying to protect her from getting in the hands of the hybrid.

"What are you doing here Klaus?"

"Oh, I just wanted to make sure my niece was safe from an overaged man." Damon scoffed, assuming Klaus was joking.

"Seriously what are you doing here?"

"I'm very serious, Damon. I'm here to make sure my niece is safe." With that, Klaus grabbed Ophelia quickly and vamp-sped out of the Grill, making Damon's eyes go wide with fear and worry.

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When Ophelia woke up, she was surrounded by bushes and dirt. There were multiple circles with people in it and it took Ophelia a while to realize that it was Elena and Jenna.

Running towards her friend, Ophelia tried to get into the circle, but she couldn't go in, due to a barrier spell. 

"Elena, Jenna, are you guys okay?" They both nodded in agreement. Before Ophelia could say anything else, she was interrupted by Klaus.

"Come here, love." Ophelia did what she was told and stood in front of Klaus as he was cutting the palm of his hand for the sacrifice.

"What is it?" Ophelia said, making it sound a little more malicious than her intent, earning a smirk from Klaus.

"I want you to stay here. I don't want you to get hurt." Ophelia squiggled her eyebrows in confusion, wondering why Klaus was being nice towards her. She always heard bad about him.

"Why would you want to protect me?"

"Believe it or not, I actually care about you. Your memories of me are gone and you may think of me as a monster, but you were the most important person to me in the past. Well, let's not go down memory lane, shall we? Let's get on with the sacrifice."

Ophelia's heart started to beat faster when the witch started to chant a spell, making everyone scream in terror.

Elena kept telling Jenna to turn off her humanity, but it was too late when Klaus daggered her in the heart. The pain Ophelia felt was unbearable. She couldn't imagine what Elena was going through and it broke her.

Klaus then grabbed Elena and started to feed on her neck. Ophelia tried to intervene, but Klaus's witch put a sleeping spell on her, making her fall to the ground.

When Klaus thought the sacrifice was working, his bones started to crack, making him scream in agony. Bonnie was chanting a spell, trying to make him weak enough for Elijah to kill him.

Elijah slowly walked over to Klaus's vulnerable body and was enjoying the pain he was in. When he caught the sight of Ophelia, he immediately went up to her to make sure she still had a pulse. After knowing she was okay, he continued to enjoy Klaus's state.

"Elijah?"

"Hello, brother. I see that you've met Ophelia." The moment of silence was enough to build the suspense between the brothers. Elijah forcefully plunged his hand into Klaus's heart, making his pain more insufferable.

"In the name of our family, Niklaus..." Elijah couldn't finish his sentence when Klaus interrupted him with shocking news.

"I didn't bury them at sea. Their bodes are safe. If you kill me, you'll never find them. " Elijah's face dropped, getting caught off guard.

"Elijah, don't listen to him," Stefan said, hoping Elijah would finish the job.

"I can take you to them. I give you my word, brother." Elijah started to look over to Bonnie and Stefan, contemplating his word. "I'm sorry."

With that, Elijah grabbed both Klaus and Ophelia and ran out of the entire fiasco.

For the first time in forever, Elijah felt that his family can finally be reunited again and that everything will be okay with his daughter by his side.

yayyy part of the mikaelson family is reunited haha. hope you all enjoyed this chapter!!!!💘💖