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'Act Four'
☆CHARTER SIXTEEN☆
—dead or alive—
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Crystal laughs as Rebekah pouts at her annoyed as the park the car outside the Mikaelson house
"Stop laughing!" Rebekah yells
"Why you laughing at me?" Rebekah asks pouting
"Maybe you embarrassed yourself" Crystal says and Rebekah huffs
They get out of the car
"I just can't believe you ripped! Over the curb and head first ti the ground!" Crystal laughs and Rebekah flushes embarrassed
Everyone bursts out laughing ad Rebekah hides her face
"You tripped!" Klaus laughs amused as Rebekah whines
They enters the house and see someone standing by the fireplace. Rebekah and Crystal stop and the person turns around. It's Esther
"Mother" Rebekah says. Crystal waves her hand and she goes flying across the room
"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't let her kill you right now" Rebekah demands knowing Crystal will kill her for what she did
"Because I'm dying" Esther says
"Good fucking ridence!" Crystal yells
"Like I care" Crystal says but Rebekah stops her
"How are you dying? I thought Ayana preserved your body with a spell" Rebekah tells her confused
"She did. I'm drawing my power from the Bennett witch line. When Abby died the connection was severed. So my body has weakened" Esther tells her softly
"I wouldn't be surprised If she was lieing" Sirius mumbles
"I'll just kill her. For safe keeping" Crystal smiles
"Well, if you've come to spend your last moments with your loving daughter, prepare to be disappointed. You should have spent less time plotting my death" Rebekah tells her annoyed
"Is that what you think I've been doing on the other side? I've been looking over you for a thousand years. Of joy and heartbreak. Your fights with Klaus, the nights you cried yourself to sleep calling out my name. Not a day has gone by that I wasn't right there with you" Esther says shaking her head
"Your making me want to kill you more, you fucking dick" Crystal hisses wanting to hang her
"Be a lovely gift for yous hanging her outside your house on fire" Crystal muses
"It would" Kol nods
"And yet you still tried to kill me" Rebekah says hurt
"Because it shouldn't have been a thousand years, Rebekah. No one should live that long" Esther tells her and Rebekah scoffs
"But I haven't lived at all" Rebekah tells her sadly
Klaus shifts avoiding eye contact with his sister knowing that's mainly his fault
"I'm sorry, Rebekah. I'm so, so sorry" Esther says. Esther takes Rebekah's hands and starts to shake. She falls to the ground, dead. Rebekah kneels down next to her
"What's going on?" Klaus asks as he walks in with Sirius beside him
"She's dead" Crystal says annoyed she didn't get to kill her
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It's daytime. In the living room, Klaus is being creative working on an abstract painting on an easel, Sirius is sat on the couch reading as Crystal is laying down her head in his lap
"Doesn't that look like a sweet happy family. Diffently not one that has many shycopaths in it" Damon says with a snort
"So true" Rebekah mumbles
"What took you so long?" Klaus asks eyeing his sister
"Alaric didn't want to hand over the stake. Luckily I'm quite the charmer" Rebekah/Esther says
"For fuck sake!" Rebekah yells
"The bitch possed you!" Crystal says in disbelief
"That's it?" Klaus asks as Crystal chuckles
"The last of the white oak stakes that can kill us. Do you want to do the honors or shall I?" Rebekah/Esther asks as she eyes Crystal and Sirius confused
Klaus puts the paintbrush down, takes the stake from Rebekah/Esther and throws it into the flames in the fireplace. The flames flare up around the stake
"You better know that's not me or ill be very offended" Rebekah says as Crystal smiles
"I will" Crystal smiles
"Well that's that then" Rebekah/Esther says
"Pack your bags, we're leaving" Klaus says and Crystal looks at him frowning
"Excuse me?" Crystal akss confused
"Leaving? What you mean leaving!?" Crystal asks
"I don't know! But the down is annoying" Klaus says
"Today?" Rebekah/Esther asks
"Why not? There's nothing keeping us here. We can leave by sunset" Klaus shrugs
"But tonight is the decade dance" Rebekah/Esther says
"Nik, I can't just leave" Crystal says sitting up. If Klaus was leaving she'd go with him but she'd need to tell everyone
"So, I'm head of the committee, we have to go" Rebekah/Esther tells him frowning
"I feel like punching you" Sirius mumbles with a sigh
"And you are not leaving" Damon say shakinh his head
"I'm not going to any dance" Klaus tells her annoyed
"Crystals going though" Rebekah/Esther pouts
"I am not" Crystal says shaking her head
"See, she's not" Klaus says
"Please, I have big plans for tonight. Just go for me" Rebekah/Esther pleads him
"Okay, fine. One last hoorah"
"One last hoorah, Nik"
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"Nik!" Crystal says as she walks into their shared room
"Yeah?" He asks
"Maybe I'll beat your ass" Crystal says resting her head on Sirius' shoulder
"Leaving? Why wasn't I informed?" Crystal asks and Klaus sighs
"I'm sorry my love, I should have told you" Klaus says
"Nik, I'd love to leave with you, but i can't not until I tell My dad and the others" Crystal says
"I understand my love, we can delay it for the next few says if you wish" Klaus tells her softly
"Why can't you be sweet to me like that?" Rebekah pouts
"Because she's my soulmate Bekah" Klaus says
"Thanks Nik" Crystal says hugging him
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Rebekah/Esther walks in as Alaric has finished his call with Damon
"Quite the cunning liar" Rebekah/Esther tells him
"Well Damon is too arrogant to think his only friend would betray him" Alaric tells her
Damon scoffs
"He's seriously working with her" He says in disbelief
"Just as Niklaus would blindly accept an invitation from his beloved sister, unaware that he is heading to his own death" Rebekah/Esther says
Rebekah/Esther dips a silver dagger in a glass bottle of white oak ash
"Did you give him the stake?" Alaric asks curiously
"He burned it without hesitation" Rebekah/Esther tells him
"So where's the real one?" Alaric asks confused
"Of fucking course it was fake" Klaus mumbles angerily
"You'll get it when it can no longer be used against me in this body" Rebekah/Esther tells him
Rebekah/Esther opens a coffin revealing Esther's body
"So how do you..." Alaric trails of
"How do I return to my true form? With a little magic and some help from a vampire hunter" Rebekah/Esther says
Rebekah/Esther hands Alaric the silver dagger. Alaric stabs her in the heart and she collapses on the floor. A few moments later Esther gasps and wakes up in the coffin
"Oh I can't wait to kill her" Crystal mutters
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Klaus played with Crystals hair as her head layed in his lap
"I feel left out" Sirius pouts
"Come here" Crystal says
"How cute" Davina says
Sirius grins and crawls on the bed laying his head in Crystals chest
"Your like all big babys" Marcel says with a chuckle
"Fuck up Marcellus" Klaus says and Marcel puts his hands up in mock surrender
Crystal whines when her phone buzzes and pulls it out seeing Caroline calling her, well more like face time
"Care" Crystal says answering
"Cece" Caroline smiles ignoring the fact that she can see Klaus
"How can i help you?" Crystal asks curiously
"Have you forgotten about the 20s decade dance?" Caroline asks making Crystal smiles
"Nope. I'm not going" Crystal says and Caroline looks at her in horror
"Not going!" Caroline gasps
"This is your fault! The both of you have taken over my bestfriend life" Caroline blames Klaus and Sirius
"Um..how Is this our fault?" Sirius asks confused
"It just is!" Caroline say
"But you have to!" Caroline says
"I'd rather stay home with Nik and Siri" Crystal says
"No. Klaus Sirius I will kill you both if you keep distracting her!" Caroline yells seriously
"We aren't doing anything" Klaus says In disbelief
"You are" Caroline huffs
"Bosy" Klaus mumbles
"What?" Caroline akss and Klaus smiles
"Nothing Caroline" Klaus says and the blond narrows her eyes
"I except you to he here in atleast 2 hours!" Caroline says before hanging up and Crystal groans
"But I don't wanna go!" Crystal whines making her soulmates chuckle
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Esther and Alaric are walking though the cemetery towards the Salvatore tomb
"Why are we here?" Alaric asks
"Long ago on this spot my son tore my heart from my chest. The violence of my death marked this ground for all time" Esther tells him
"You bloody deserved the brutal death" Klaus mutters
"That she did" Crystal hums
They enter the tomb. Esther stands in front of a bowl. Alaric is on the opposite side, facing her
"I'll need your ring" Esther tells the vampire hunter
"Now, why would I give you the one thing that protects me from death?" Alaric asks with a raised eyebrow
"I will give you all the protection you need, however the stake will burn up in the body of its first victim. If you are to kill all of my children I will need to bind the protective magic in your ring to the stake, thus rendering the white oak indestructible" Esther tells him
"Fucking bitch" Caroline wispers
"Uncel Dames you need new friends" Crystal says
Alaric gives Esther his ring. She drops it into the bowl and starts chanting a spell. Flames burst up from the bowl as the ring melts. Esther stirs the molten metal with the white oak stake and then turns it upside down. The metal pours down and covers and fuses with the white oak
"The ultimate weapon for the ultimate hunter" Esther says with a smirk
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Crystal sighs annoyed as she looks at Mystic falls high walking towards the place
"Don't you look amazing" Sirius says
"I look like a saint" Crystal says bluntly making them all laugh
"Crystal!" Caroline says walking over to her
"Caroline" Crystal smiles seeing her bestfriend
"You look amazing" Caroline says and Crystals huffs
"Thanks. You look great aswell" Crystal says
"I'm surprised your little hybrid soulmates and scruffy dog soulmate aren't here" Caroline says making Crystal chuckle
"I am not a scruffy dog!" Sirius says pouting
"Siri...darling you kinda do" Crystal says softly
"You are no longer my soulmate" Sirius says
"Sure" Crystal snorts
"Scruffy dog?" Crystal asks amsued
"Yep" Caroline smiles
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Elena and Esther are walking towards the Salvatore tomb
"You'll forgive me for taking you from the dance this evening. That's the burden of being the doppelgänger, I'm afraid. Your blood is a potent binding agent for a witch's spell" Esther tells her
"Nik, what way do you think of more suitable to kill her?" Crystal akss curiously
"Crystal, what ever that mind is planing I'm sure it'll give my mother a great amount of pain" Kkaus says
"True" Crystal nods
"Just please don't hurt Alaric" Elena pleads
"She's not hurting me" Alaric says and Elena looks at him
"Ric!" Elena says relived. Elena moves towards him, but stops when she senses something is different about him
"What's going on? What are you doing with him?" Elena asks confused
"She's turning him into a unicorn with glittery teeth for your next birthday" Crystal says and Elena glares but unable to say anything since her lips are sealed shut
"I'm going to remake him" Esther says
"Remake him?" Elena asks
"Make him strong, fast, like my children. Indestructible. For one final time I'm going to tap into the dark magic I used a thousand years ago. Like my husband Mikael before him I will make Alaric into a true hunter, a vampire to end all vampires" Esther tells her smugly
"Why is she so smug?" Crystal akss amsued
"Mother is smug about anything she does. She thinks she's better that everyone" Kol says rolling her eyes
"You can't create another Original. What if he turns out to be an even bigger monster than your children?" Elena asks
"He won't now that he has embraced his darkest aspect his hatred for them will become more pure and uncompromising. In death that hatred will be magnified" Esther tells her
"You don't know that, you don't know anything about him" Elena tells her angerily
"It's cute seeing you angery. Its like looking at an angery puppy" Crystal says amsued
"That is where you're wrong. Each time he died with that ring during his brief journey into death I was there on The Other Side. I spoke to him, I nurtured him knowing that every death brought him closer to his true self. Vampires took everything from him. Now he's getting his vengeance" Esther says
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"My love" Klaus says and Crystal turns her head
"Nikki" Crystal smiles
"You look beautiful" Klaus says kissing her cheek
"You look handsome as always" Crystal grins making Klaus chuckle
"Ugh, it's to cute" Caroline groans standing behind them
"I know right. Like Niks acting all sweet and loving. It's wierd" Rebekah says
"I'm always sweet and loving" Klaus says
"No you aren't Nik" Kol says
"And me?" Sirius asks walking over and Crystal laughs
"You came aswell?" The redhead asks and Sirius pouts
"That's all?" Sirius asks offended
"Well...yeah" Crystal huns and Klaus smirks
"Alright. Stand together" Caroline demands and they look at her seeing she has a camera
"Oh bloody kill me" Klaus says horrified
"Nik is gonna be looking like a zombie" Rebekah laughs
"No" Klaus says
"Yes" Caroline says narrowing her eyes
The three groan as they all stand beside each other and Caroline smiles
"Say cheese!" Caroline says
"Fuck you!" Crystal says as Caroline snaps the picture
"Aww" Caroline smiles
"Never again will I take a picture" Klaus says
"I regret coming here" Klaus wispers and Sirius nods
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Klaus is talking on the phone as he walks away
"Rebekah, call me back immediately! I only came to this ridiculous dance because you begged me to and now you're nowhere to be found" Klaus demands
"Great. Poor Bekah had to miss the fun" Crystal says
Klaus sees the salt line and stops
"What is this?" Klaus mumbles. Crystal and Stefan walk up behind him
"Barrier spell" Crystal annoyed as Sirius walks over
"Your mother is back" Stefan says and they look ay him
"We know! It's not surprising" Kol says sarcastically
"Fucking great" Crystal wispers
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Later, in the classroom, several candles are lit and Bonnie is chanting. Damon, Stefan, Klaus, Crystal, Sirius Jamie and Jeremy are there
"Can't I just do it? I'll find her in seconds" Crystal says annoyed
"Yes, why aren't you doing it?" Freya asks
"Don't know" The redhead shrugs
"She can do it herself" Jamie says and Crystal rolls her eyes
"People are walking right out of the dance, past the barrier" Matt says as he walks in
"Matt and I can leave, we can stop Esther ourselves. We just gotta find out where she is" Jeremy says
"No. You are not leaving. And I'll put a mini barrier around you Jeremy if I have to" Crystal warns and Jeremy sighs
"I'll be fine!" Jeremy says
"No!" Crystal hisses
"I swear your like a big protective sister" Jeremy says
"Because I am." Crystal says
Klaus rushes over and grabs Jamie by the throat and starts to strangle him
"Suicide would be disappointing me! Now work your magic, witch, or I'll start killing people you fancy" Klaus threatens
"This normal?" Sirius wispers making Crystal nod
"Let him go!" Bonnie demands
"Not until you get us out of here" Klaus says glaring
"Threating a witch Nik, not always good" Crystal says
"Ah, don't be stupid, Klaus. Bonnie doesn't give a damn about us. The only reason she's helping us right now is to save Caroline and Tyler. You start killing the people she cares about, she'll tell us all to go to hell" Stefan tells him and Klaus sighs letting Jamie go
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Esther is lighting candles inside the Salvatore tomb and preparing for a spell
"Ric, this isn't what you want. It's not who you are" Elena says
"He's not gonna listen" Hermione says
"Elena thinks she can do anything for a silly witty human doppelgänger" Crystal says
"You don't know who I am, Elena. You only know the weakest parts of me, the man who lost his way befriending vampires instead of killing them" Alaric tells her
"You don't mean that" Elena says shaking her head
"They're all monsters. The blood of their victims is on my hands" Alaric tells her
"When you are ready" Esther says
"Fucking hell she's Turing him" Marcel says
"Bloody great. Just great!" Klaus says annoyed
"No Ric, please don't. Don't do this. I won't help you, I'm not gonna give you my blood, you're gonna have to kill me" Elena says bravely
"That won't be necessary" Esther says. Esther gestures towards Elena. A cut opens up in Elena's hand and starts to bleed. Esther grabs Elenas wrist and holds it above the bowl and the blood pours into it
"Drink. And let it be done" Esther says handing him the bowl
"No Ric please, don't.. No!" Elena yells
"Your begging is useless" Freys says annoyed
Alaric drinks the blood in the bowl and puts it down
"Is it finished?" Alaric asks
"Not just yet" Esther stakes Alaric with the indestructible white oak stake
"No!" Elena yells
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Alone in the classroom, Bonnie grabs a map from the wall and puts it on the teacher's desk and turns on the table lamp. Klaus, Crystal, and Damon enter
"Here. Jeremy made a little Gilbert blood donation for your locator spell" Damon says
"Just let me do it" Crystal says as she turns around so she's laying down her head on Klaus' lap and feet in Sirius' lap
"I have to do this with you two lurking over me?" Bonnie asks
"You're still mad at me for what happened to Abby. Let me apologize. I'm sorry Elijah forced us to turn your mother into a vampire to save Elena's life. Didn't exactly have a choice" Damon says ad Crystal grins
"There's always a choice. Whenever you make one someone else suffers" Bonnie snaps
"Oh, fucking move if you are going to biker" Crystal snaps annoyed as she stands at the table
"Thank you" Crystal says
"I can do it!" Bonnie says but Crystal huffs
Crystal pours the blood on the map
"Phasmatos Tribum Nas Ex Veras, Sequita Saguines, Ementas Asten Mihan Ega Petous" Crystal chants closing her eyes
Crystal huffs feeling her fighting against her
"She's chaneling something powerful" Crystal says annoyed
"She's scared" Bonnie says
"If course she is. Fucking chaneling somethings or someone" Crystal scoffs
"Get the humans ready. I know where she is" Klaus says
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Alaric is lying on the floor of the Salvatore tomb. Elena pulls the indestructible white oak stake out of Alaric
"He'll wake soon. When he does he may for a time be his old self. If so you can say your goodbyes before his transition is complete" Esther tells her casually
"Fucking shyco" Marcel says
"Aren't we all?" Stefan akss
"Eh, true" Marcel nods
"You said you wanted to undo the evil that you created, but this...This is just as evil!" Elena tells her
"Alaric will never be what my children became. I have granted him enough power to complete his task. Then when the time is right, he will die" Esther tells her
"How, if he's immortal?" Elena asks
"All you need to know is that when this is over we will have rid the earth of vampires once and for all" Esther says
"I'm wondering why she just didn't die as human. Or why was she even born?" Sirius says
"Who knows" Remus mumbles
"Yeah, but you'll be killing the good along with the bad, you're no better than Klaus!" Elena yells
"Am I not? I desire a world where you and your loved ones will not suffer at the hands of vampires. Like you auny Jenna almost did" Esther says calmly
"Don't you dare use Jenna as an excuse for what you've done" Elena says
Esther hears a noise and walks outside. Matt and Jeremy are there pointing a rifle and a crossbow at Esther.
"Seriously, I told you not to!" Crystal scolds
"Stop scolding me!" Jeremy whines
"Don't move!"
"Where is Elena?"
Elena comes outside
"Jeremy!"
"Let her go" Jeremy demands
"You won't be able to stop her with a bloody crossbow" Klaus says amsued
"How foolish of you, to risk your lives in defense of those who will kill you. But if that is your choice" Esther says. Esther uses her powers and makes Jeremy and Matt turn their hands and point their weapons at each other
"Matt! Matt drop your gun!" Jeremy says wide eyes
"I can't! I'm not controlling it!" Matt tells him
"Esther stop it!" Elena yells
Alaric comes up and stabs Esther from behind. He is temporarily his old self.
"Oh my god. Where's my ring? Tell me what happened" Alaric Syd
"I wanted to kill her!" Crystal whines pouting
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Klaus and Crystal is in the room with the five coffins. One is closed. He pulls the dagger out of Rebekah and puts it on a table
"God, Bekah don't kill me" Crystal mumbles
"Want me to put her on fire?" Crystal akss eager
"No. Its alright" Klaus mumbles
☆Authors note☆
Hope you all like it!