Fighting Love | Stefan Salvatore

The One When Emily Gets Kidnapped

Emily Gilbert felt like she was inside of a go-kart while driving down a bumpy hill when she was suddenly awoken from her unconsciousness. However, when she finally opened her green eyes, she soon realized that she wasn't in fact having fun in the small vehicle like she did when she was ten years old. Instead, she noticed the white walls with paper pealing off along with a strange design of cracks on the mildew invested ceiling.

The brunette girl furrowed her brows as her groggy mind finally connected the rocky movements and her surroundings. The sway of her body wasn't from a go-kart like she had first thought, it was instead from an unknown man carrying her as he roughly trotted through a dark and silent house.

"Ah, look who's up," the man uttered quietly when he noticed the wide eyes staring up at him.

Emily instantly tried to fight the arms that was carrying her once she realized she was being kidnapped. "Let me go," she mumbled as she pushed against the stranger's hard chest. Emily was not just going to let someone take her when she deals with vampires, werewolves, and witches on a daily basis.

The mysterious man ignored the human girl as he silently walked through the abandoned house before he carelessly tossed her down onto the gray wool couch that was centered in the middle of the spacious living room. He then swiftly took off his black hat, sunglasses, and gloves before he began to untie the thick rope from around the human girl's ankles.

"Watch it!" Emily yelped as she felt her head bounce off of the arm of the couch and the painful sensation of the rope rubbing against her skin. She then slowly sat up once her legs were free and lifted her tied up hands to the back of her head before she brought them towards her face and noticed the fresh blood. Emily huffed out an irradiated sigh, despite being kidnapped, when she saw the red liquid trailing down her fingers. She was tired of being injured and having her blood split when she barely just got done being tortured by her doppelganger's sister.

The unknown man swiftly raised his blue eyes towards the human girl's lifted fingers as soon as he got a whiff of her fresh blood. He then slowly scooted his body across the couch as he stalked the brunette girl while his senses stayed glued to the delicious smelling blood. "Just a taste," the man muttered as he was stuck in a hungry trance.

Emily rolled her eyes for a brief second, despite her current dilemma, when she noticed the black veins crawling underneath the man's now red eyes. She mentally scolded herself because, of course, the only type of people that would threaten her life are always supernatural.

However, when the brunette girl noticed the vampire's fangs closing in on her, Emily's annoyance instantly disappeared and turned to panic. Emily's mind soon went into instinct mode as she realized the danger she found herself in before she dug her heels into the wooden floorboards as she tried to keep herself at a safe distance from the hungry vampire. "Leave me alone!" Emily yelled as she moved her rope covered hands in front of her face to protect herself from being bitten.

"Trevor!" A loud feminine voice suddenly snapped as the unknown person arrived in the room with the sound of boots stomping against the wooden floor. "Control yourself," she commanded as she stood over her companion and glared down at him.

The man with the blue eyes and the dirty blonde hair or better know as Trevor, glanced over his shoulder and greeted his friend in a frustrated tone, "Rose." He then slowly stood up from the couch and bumped his shoulder into the glaring vampire's before he exited the room with a quiet mumble, "buzz kill."

Emily squeezed her green eyes shut with a shaky breath as soon as she felt the hungry vampire's weight lift up from the couch. Emily realized she definitely needed to be more careful. It wasn't like dealing with the vampires in Mystic Falls since she didn't even know her captor's motive.

After about two long minutes of trying to control her rapid heartbeat, Emily finally opened her eyes back up and took notice of the body that obviously belonged to the feminine voice. Probably another vampire, Emily thought.

The Gilbert girl then studied the silent woman in front of her as she took in all of her features. She noticed the female vampire was a little shorter than the man who tried to attack her and had spiked up brown hair with a pair of fierce green eyes.

Emily twitched her head to the side when she noticed the woman was staring at her in a way she couldn't explain. "What do you want with me?" Emily questioned as she slowly leaned her back against the uncomfortable couch and brought her knees to her chest.

The calm and silent vampire or Rose, shook her head with a look of remembrance on her face before she slowly took a couple of steps closer to the human girl. "You look just like Darina," Rose mumbled mostly to herself.

Emily's green eyes slightly widened when she heard the vampire mention the all too familiar name. "You knew Darina?" She quickly questioned. Emily had never even known anyone that actually knew her doppelganger except, of course, for Katherine.

Rose stared down at the human girl in silence for a moment as she had her arms crossed over her brown leather jacket before she decided to finally answer Emily's question. "She was a friend," Rose murmured before she swiftly turned her back to the young girl and began to stomp her way out of the room like she did when she had arrived.

"Wait!" Emily hurriedly called out. "Why am I here?" She asked in a quiet and nervous voice. The Gilbert girl didn't understand why she was taken by someone that was obviously from the 1400's. She thought the only vampires, besides the ones in Mystic Falls, that knew of her was Katherine and, of course, this Niklaus guy that her doppelganger had mentioned.

Rose glanced back at the human girl with a quiet sigh. A part of her felt bad for what she was doing as soon as she had connected her eyes with the doppelganger's. It was like she was looking right at Darina Petrova. However, Rose knew that this wasn't the girl she used to be close with. "Just be quiet," Rose commanded before she swiftly rushed out of the room.

Rose knew she couldn't let her guard down even though the doppelganger was a measly human. The vampire remembered when she had lived in England and met Darina Petrova and Maria Radkova. The witch that protects the innocent had told Rose how her kind could convince anyone, supernatural or not, by just the kindness of their souls and Rose knew that was exactly what happened when she had first looked into the human girl's green irises.

A deep frown slowly formed onto Emily's face as she watched the vampire speed away from her. She honestly felt like she was hungover as she was beyond confused and tired. Emily just didn't understand what exactly was happening to her. What did two vampires from the fifteen century want with her?

Emily shook her head along with a small groan as she felt like her head was about to explode - thanks to the man that had knocked her out at the Lockwood mansion. Everything was just too difficult to process when Emily knew she probably had a concussion. The brunette girl decided to just relax as she busied herself by untying the binds that were around her wrists as she prayed that someone had figured out she's missing and was coming to save her.

***

Meanwhile, back in the human girl's hometown, the loud bell that signaled for second period rang clearly through the parking lot of Mystic Falls High School, where the two Salvatore brothers leaned against Damon's blue Mustang with their arms crossed over their chests while the Gilbert vampire paced up and down the asphalt paving.

The three vampires along with the youngest Gilbert had came to the conclusion by eight in the morning that everyone's favorite person, Emily Gilbert, had been taken when no one heard from the human girl in over twelve hours. It was a major red flag when Emily had made three separate plans with her siblings and Stefan along with the fact that her car was still sitting at the Lockwood mansion and she was nowhere to be seen.

Stefan ran his right hand though his already ruffled brown hair as he broke the tense silence and stated, "this has Katherine written all over it." The Salvatore vampire was angry with himself because he didn't even realize Emily was in trouble. He had just thought she went to Bonnie's or Caroline's and forgot about the conversation they were supposed to have last night.

"Katherine's in the tomb," Damon told his brother in a bored tone before he pointed his head in the pacing Elena's direction as he added, "we slammed the door on her."

"Did you?" Stefan questioned as he rose an eyebrow at the blue eyed vampire. He knew with Damon's attachment to Katherine, even though he was now with Elena, that it wasn't guaranteed that his brother would actually leave Katherine in the tomb to die but instead fall for one of her tricks.

Damon glared over at Stefan for the accusation he was assuming. However, before Damon could open his mouth to defend himself, the emotional Gilbert vampire answered for him in an angry and erratic shout, "of course we did!"

Elena grinded her teeth together as her emotions were screaming at her before she went back to pacing up and down the parking lot. She could barely focus or breathe as her mind was swimming with worry for twin sister and moving was the only thing that was helping her at the moment.

"See?" Damon exclaimed with a grin as he pointed in Elena's direction to prove his point, "she's in the tomb. Period. End of story."

The parking lot soon grew silent once again after Stefan rolled his eyes at his brother. They all had one single thought on their minds; Emily Gilbert. However, after about three quiet minutes had passed, Damon decided to tell his brother and girlfriend something he realized might be important. "But she did mention something right before I closed her in," he mumbled with a nervous tick as his blue eyes looked anywhere but at Stefan and Elena.

The Gilbert vampire swiftly stopped her pacing before she took three large steps until she was standing directly in front of Damon and quickly asked, "what did she say?" Elena didn't even remember Katherine saying anything but she guessed it happened when she was talking on the phone with Emily while she stood outside of the tomb.

Damon looked into Elena's erratic brown eyes and Stefan's glaring green ones before he innocently lifted his arms up and exclaimed, "I thought she was lying!"

Stefan crossed his arms over his chest as he took a threatening step closer to his brother before he repeated Elena's question but in a more calmer voice, "what did she say?"

Damon glanced between the two impatiently waiting vampires before he finally answered in a quiet murmur, "Emily's in danger."

"No, no, no," Elena mumbled to herself as she pressed her palms against her eyes before she went back to pacing in an angry manner. She didn't know what to do or how to even act when her sister had never been away from her while also in danger since Elena had became a vampire.

"What!?" Stefan shouted as he ignored the pacing Gilbert and got right in his brother's face. "And you didn't think you should of asked her to elaborate?" Stefan growled as he grew even more worried for the girl he was in love with.

Damon pointed his finger at the glaring Stefan as he exclaimed, "don't blame this on me! You know everything she says is a damn lie!" He then glanced over at the distressed Elena as he mumbled as his shoulders slumped, "how was I supposed to know she was going to start spouting the truth?"

"It's my sister, Damon," Elena snarled before she suddenly vamp sped over to her boyfriend. She then began to punch his chest with all the energy she had left as she felt tears build up in her brown eyes. "You should have told me!" Elena shouted in anger and in fright for her twin sister's safety.

Damon wrapped his fingers around Elena's pounding fists and hugged her closely before he whispered into her ear, "I am so sorry. I wasn't thinking."

Stefan crossed his arms over his chest as he stared at the two other vampires before he stated, "we have to go talk to her." The youngest Salvatore knew that was the only way they were going to be able to get any answers to where Emily could be since Katherine obviously knew something.

"No, no, no," Damon quickly uttered as he moved Elena to the side and threw his arm over her shoulder. "Let me tell you how that's gonna go," Damon began to explain, "we're gonna go ask her for help and she's gonna negotiate her release." He then glared over at his brother as he continued, "and we're gonna be dumb enough to give it her, then she's gonna get out and kill us!" Damon shook his head before he exclaimed, "that is exactly what she wants!"

Stefan lifted his shoulders as he shrugged before he stated with complete certainty, "I don't really care." The youngest Salvatore would go through hell and back just to make sure the Gilbert girl is safe. He didn't care what was the cost.

Damon stared into his brother's calm but confident green eyes as he muttered, "it's a bad idea, Stefan." Damon wanted to find Emily just like everyone else but he knew going to Katherine would just end up with them all dead.

Elena took a step away from Damon as she spoke for the first time in a level headed voice, "I agree with Stefan." She stared up at her boyfriend, who was frowning down at her, before she told him softly, "it's my sister, Damon." Elena gave the blue eyed vampire one last look before she quickly walked away with the youngest Salvatore to come up with a plan to find her twin sister.

***

Emily sighed as she stared up at the ceiling while she tapped her bare foot against the arm of the couch. She was growing bored of just sitting here in an empty house. Shouldn't they be doing something or asking me questions by now? Emily thought.

The brunette girl huffed out a loud breath as she sat up straight instead of lying down before she slowly got up from the couch. Emily decided if they weren't going to tell her anything, then she was going to get her own answers.

Emily tip toed as quietly as she could as she walked through the silent house before she finally heard the voices of her captors when she reached the large staircase. "You didn't touch her, did you?" Emily heard the feminine voice of Rose ask the other vampire, Trevor. Emily couldn't help but roll her eyes in disgust as the woman mentioned Trevor touching her as the Gilbert girl remembered when Trevor tried to get close when he had checked on her about fifteen minutes ago.

"Give me some credit," Trevor mumbled with annoyance ringing throughout his voice. "Besides, I couldn't get close enough," he angrily whispered to himself as the human girl was a lot stronger than he had first thought. "So, did you call him?" Trevor questioned as he changed the topic to the reason for them to be hiding in a dark house in the middle of nowhere.

A sly grin instantly lifted on Emily's chapped lips as they were finally talking about something that could help her figure out why she was taken. "No, I called one of his contacts," Emily heard Rose say before she added, "you know how this works."

"Did you or did you not get the message to Elijah?" Trevor nervously questioned as his loud but shaky voice echoed throughout the whole house.

Emily furrowed her brows when she heard the unknown person come out of the vampire's mouth. She didn't even think she knew anyone that's named Elijah. The brunette girl slowly continued to walk across the wooden floorboards of the long hallway before she could finally see the two vampires in a small room. Just a little bit closer, Emily thought as she wanted to be able to hear better.

"They say he got it," Rose told Trevor as the human girl watched her pace back and forth through the dark room.

"Wonderful," Trevor mumbled sarcastically in his thick English accent before he wondered as he crossed his arms over his chest, "now what?"

The female vampire came to a stop in front of her companion before she lightly shrugged her shoulders and stated, "that's it, Trevor. He either got it or he didn't. We just have to wait."

Trevor stared into Rose's green eyes for a silent and tense moment before he quickly shook his head. "Look," he hurriedly exclaimed, "it's not too late." Trevor pointed his hand towards the door without noticing the human girl and stated, "we can leave her here. We don't have to go through with this."

"I'm sick of running!" Rose shouted in an erratic voice as she threw her hands up in the air.

"Yeah?" Trevor asked with a raised eyebrow before he shrieked, "well, running keeps us from dying!"

Rose shook her head and closed her eyes as she took a deep breath. She then opened them up once she got control of her emotions and spoke in a calm voice as she assured Trevor that everything would work out for them, "Elijah's old school. If he accepts our deal, we're free."

The Gilbert girl had totally forgotten that she was secretly listening on the vampire's conversation as she slowly kept moving forward. She had gotten sucked into their story as she wanted to hear why they were running from this Elijah guy. However, Emily's curiousness got the better of her because next thing she knew, the female vampire was glaring over at her when she had accidentally stepped on a squeaky spot in the hallway.

"You!" Rose snarled as she charged towards the human girl, "there's nothing around for miles!" She shook her head with a chuckle as she told Emily, "if you think you're getting out of this house, you're tragically mistaken."

Emily rose an eyebrow as she asked, "who said I was running?" The Gilbert girl already knew the routine with being kidnapped by vampires. There was no point in running, especially when she didn't have Stefan or Damon here to help her. So, Emily would rather learn all the information she could as she hoped and waited that the two brothers were on their way to get her out of this mess.

Trevor pointed his finger at the brunette as he muttered with a smirk, "feisty."

Rose glared over at her companion before she turned around and faced the human girl. "What do you want to know?" She questioned.

Emily stood up straight instead of being scrunched down before she asked the one question that had been on her mind for the past couple of minutes, "who's this Elijah guy?"

Rose smirked and whispered, "he's your worst nightmare," before she passed the human girl and silently jogged down the old wooden staircase.

Emily glanced over at the grinning Trevor before she rolled her eyes and quickly made her way down the stairs to catch up with Rose. "I'm not going anywhere like I told you," Emily exclaimed as she crossed her arms over her chest and leaned against a large round table while she looked at the female vampire, "so you might as well tell me who he is."

Rose made her way around the large open spaced foyer with an eye roll as she complained, "why can't you just be quiet?"

Emily dismissively shrugged her shoulders as she told the vampire, "I just want to know what you want with me." That was what was mostly bothering the Gilbert girl so much. Emily didn't like not knowing what was going on, especially when it had to do with her.

Rose turned on a small lamp to her left before she swiftly charged over to the windows, where she began to place wooden boards across all of the spaces that would allow any sunlight into the house. "I personally want nothing to do with you," Rose finally answered Emily's question as she glanced over at the human, "I'm just a delivery service."

Emily rose an eyebrow as she guessed, "to this Elijah guy?"

"Two points to the eavesdropper," Rose cooed with a quiet chuckle as she avoided looking too much into the human girl's memorizing eyes. She was not getting trapped again like she did with Darina and that witch. Rose was going to do what she sat out to do - which is deliver the human and nothing was going to get in her way.

"He's a vampire, right?" Emily continued her questioning about the unknown man. She guessed if old vampires are delivering her to someone, then it had to be another vampire.

"He's one of the vampires," Rose explained easily as she began to stack up all of the book that sat on the round table, "the originals."

Emily furrowed her brows at the unknown term. "The originals?" She repeated before she wondered, "like one of the first ones?" That was the only guess Emily could come up with for the unknown term, that this Elijah guy was one of the very first vampires. It shocked the Gilbert girl to even think about the possibility of the oldest vampire in the world wanting her.

Rose shook her head in disbelief as she kept her eyes glued on a random book as she flipped through the pages. "Nice guess," she muttered before she wondered, "haven't the Salvatore's been teaching you your vampire history?"

Emily's eyebrows instantly lifted to her forehead as the vampire she just met today mentioned two of the closest people in her life. "You know Stefan and Damon?" She asked curiously.

"I know of them," Rose corrected before she explained, "a hundred years back, a friend of mine tried to set me up with Stefan." The vampire's voice then grew clouded with amusement as she added, "she said he was one of the good ones. But I'm more of a sucker for the bad boys."

Emily nodded her head silently as she ignored the tightness in her chest at the mention of the youngest Salvatore. Instead, she decided to keep the conversation on topic so she could learn as much as she could about this unknown guy before he came for her. "Who are the originals?" Emily questioned as she continued her interrogation.

Rose sighed quietly before she closed the large book and finally faced the human girl. "Trevor and I have been running for 500 years," Rose explained with a tint of sadness in her voice before she shrugged her shoulders, "we're tired. We want it over." Rose then looked at the human girl dismissively as she added, "so, we're using you to negotiate ourselves out of an old mess."

"What do I have anything to do with whatever problem you got yourself into years ago?" Emily wondered as she rose an eyebrow. She didn't understand why she was being dragged into the middle of the vampire's problem when she wasn't even born when it happened.

Rose stared at the human girl in silence before she finally told Emily the reason behind her kidnapping, "because you are the last human Petrova doppelganger. You're the key to breaking the curse."

Emily's green eyes widened as she whispered to herself, "Darina's journal." She instantly remembered reading about the curse. But what confused the Gilbert girl was that she now have heard of two separate curses. The sun and the moon curse that allows werewolves to change whenever they want and the curse her doppelganger had mentioned about how this Niklaus guy needed her to become a hybrid.

Like the human girl's, Rose's eyes instantly widened when she heard what Emily had said with her vampire hearing. "You know," she mumbled in shock. The vampire always thought she was the only one that knew of the true nature of the curse, besides, of course, the original who revolved around it. Rose quickly moved closer to the human girl and whispered as she was afraid that the aforementioned original would hear her, "you know about Klaus."

"So it is about his curse?" Emily questioned as she crossed her arms over her chest. She then shook her head as she began to slowly pace before she wondered, "is the werewolf curse even real?" The brunette girl was starting to feel like they were the same thing when her doppelganger never even mentioned anything about a werewolf curse.

Rose sighed before she told the human girl in a whisper, "it's a lie. A cover-up." The female vampire only knew about the true curse because she was so close to Darina and the Petrova doppelganger trusted her with this secret.

Emily nodded her head silently as she realized all along that everything comes right back to the sacrifice her doppelganger mentioned. Everything the Salvatore's, her siblings, and friends thought about the moonstone that breaks the werewolf curse was just all a bunch of lies. It was really connected to Niklaus's hybrid curse. "So, the moonstone doesn't break the curse?" Emily questioned the female vampire as she needed to know all she could. Emily wanted to get her facts straight since she knew Darina never mentioned anything about the moonstone, just about her being scarified.

Rose shook her head as she explained, "the moonstone is what binds the curse. The sacrifice is what breaks it." The vampire bit down on her bottom lip as she added, "the one that took Darina's life and the one that will take yours."

"Oh," Emily mumbled to herself. Even though she already knew that, it felt more real when she hears it come out of someone else's mouth - that she is how the sacrifice is completed. Emily looked up at Rose with unshed tears in her green eyes as she nodded her head once before she swiftly turned around and made her way back into the living room.

Emily didn't know why she never really processed the fact that she's going to die when she had read about how dangerous and serious it is in Darina's journal. Emily just always thought there was no way that a vampire from the fifteen century would actually come and find her to just kill her. It sounds crazy, but Emily knew now that it wasn't just a folktale. It was true and he's coming for her.

***

In the busy hallways of Mystic Falls High School, there stood underneath a staircase in the corner was two vampires and one witch as they spoke in quiet whispers about all that has happened in the last twenty-four hours. Stefan and Elena were both now trying to convince the Bennett witch to help them open the tomb that holds the answers to finding the missing girl.

Bonnie shook her head at the two vampires after she got the whole story. She was also worried about Emily, but Bonnie knew she couldn't help. "I'm sorry," the Bennett witch apologized as she stared at the missing girl's twin sister. "I can't undo the tomb spell," she stated before explaining, "even if I wanted to, it took both me and Grams to undo it the first time."

"But we can open the door, right?" Stefan questioned, "we can talk to her?" That was really the only thing he wanted to do. Stefan definitely didn't want to release the spell so Katherine could just escape after they barley put her in there. He just needed to know what danger was after Emily and how to help her.

Bonnie nodded her head as she told Stefan, "yeah, but Damon's right." She glanced over at Elena as she continued, "Katherine's not gonna tell you anything. At least not without getting something in return."

"I know," Stefan explained in a whispered shout, "but I have to do something!" Stefan shook his head as he looked at the Bennett witch with a helpless expression before he murmured, "I have no idea who has Emily and I have no idea where she is."

Bonnie glanced between the now pacing Elena and the heartbroken Stefan with tears clouding her brown eyes before she whispered as she came up with an idea, "what if there was another way to find her?"

Stefan rose an eyebrow at the Bennett witch as he wondered, "what do you have in mind?" He didn't even think there was a possibility of another way to find Emily when Katherine was the only one that knew something.

Bonnie stayed silent for a moment as she thought over a spell she remembered seeing in Grams' grimoire before she told the two vampires, "I need you guys to find an empty classroom, candles, and we need Jeremy for this."

"Wait, why do you need Jer?" The Gilbert vampire questioned at the mention of one of her siblings. She didn't like the idea of bringing Jeremy more into this life, especially when Emily was missing and couldn't help her get their brother to stay out of the supernatural like she always does.

Bonnie lightly placed her hand onto Elena's cold one as she stated sincerely, "just trust me."

"I think we can use Alaric's classroom but I'll ask him," Stefan quickly uttered as he spoke up. They didn't have time for Elena to pick this day to yell at Jeremy to stay out of the way. If it helps find Emily then Stefan was going to make sure Jeremy was there like Bonnie said.

Bonnie moved her eyes over to Stefan as she nodded her head. "I'll meet you there with the grimoire," the Bennett witch stated and gave Elena one last look before she took off down the hallway in a fast walk.

"We'll find her," Stefan whispered to the emotional vampire as he squeezed her shoulder before the two ex-lovers and now friends, began to walk down the hallway to get the things Bonnie needed.

It was about fifteen minutes of gathering supplies through Mystic Falls High School, before Elena and Stefan found themselves walking through their history class, where they spotted the Bennett witch and the youngest Gilbert.

Bonnie looked up when she heard footsteps and sighed when she saw the two vampires. She then quickly walked over to Elena and grabbed the candles from her hands. "I found Jeremy on my way here," Bonnie explained as she sat the candles around a large map.

Elena walked over to her brother at the mention of Jeremy and brought him into a tight hug. "Are you okay?" The vampire questioned as she stared up at her brother's brown eyes. Elena felt even more worried about her brother since their other sibling was missing.

Jeremy nodded his head as he gave Elena a tight-lipped smile. "I'm fine," he mumbled as he bounced his leg up and down. Just like everyone else, Jeremy was worried about Emily. He just wanted to get this over with so they could find her.

Stefan made his way over to Bonnie and the two Gilbert siblings as he told the Bennett witch, "Alaric said we've got to clear out of here within ten minutes." He then sat a heavy black bag onto the aforementioned teacher's desk as he exclaimed, "we got weapons. He stocked us up." Stefan didn't know what they were walking into, so he knew it would be best to be ready for anyone that he had to go through to get to the Gilbert girl.

Bonnie only gave the Salvatore a small nod before she began to light the candles that stood on the edge of a large map. Once the candles were lit and she could feel the energy flowing, Bonnie looked up at Jeremy as she asked, "are you ready?"

Jeremy glanced up at Elena before he looked into Bonnie's brown eyes with a shaky breath as he slowly lifted his right hand and placed it into the Bennett witch's palm. It was now or never, Jeremy thought as he knew it didn't matter if he was ready. He had to do it when his sister could be hurt somewhere.

The Bennett witch took a deep breath before she slowly slid the small blade down the center of Jeremy's hand. Once she saw the blood oozing from his palm, Bonnie turned his hand around until the red liquid was dripping onto the map. The Bennett witch then closed her eyes and began to chant the spell to herself as she felt the energy flow through the room.

"There," Bonnie exclaimed after about two minutes of chanting the location spell. She pointed towards the map that read Reidsville and stated, "she's there."

Jeremy glanced down at the map and noticed the name of the town his blood had stopped on. "That's 300 miles away," he stated in shock.

Stefan shook his head as he uttered, "no, Bonnie. We need a more exact location than that." It would take days if they searched through an entire town and Stefan guessed Emily didn't have that much time.

"That's as close as I can get," Bonnie stated disappointingly as she stared down at the map. She felt helpless. Bonnie felt like she failed Emily when she couldn't even help her with her witch powers.

"We can map it!" Jeremy quickly told Stefan as he came up with an idea. He nodded his head as he explained, "aerial view will show us what's around there. It'll help us narrow down the area."

"Perfect," Stefan muttered as he pointed at the youngest Gilbert before he quickly grabbed the bag of weapons from Alaric's desk. "Call me or Elena with whatever you find," he told Jeremy as he headed towards the door.

"No, no. I'm coming with you!" Jeremy quickly hollered. Jeremy definitely wasn't just going to sit on the sidelines when he could be helping find his older sister.

"Jeremy," Elena warned as she glared at her brother. "You are not coming," she told Jeremy. There was no way she was going to allow another one of her siblings to be put in danger. "You need to stay here, Jer," Elena hurriedly told her brother as they didn't have time to waste.

"I'm not going to just sit here!" Jeremy yelled as he quickly went to follow after Stefan and his sister. "What if she's hurt, okay?" The brunette boy questioned with worry throughout his voice. He couldn't just do nothing as it will drive him crazy. Jeremy lifted his brown eyes over to Elena as he mumbled, "or worse? What if she's...?"

Elena quickly turned around at the shaky words that were coming out of her brother's mouth. "She's going to be okay," Elena whispered into Jeremy's ear once she had pulled him into a tight hug.

"She's not dead," Stefan uttered the words Jeremy couldn't in an emotional voice. He couldn't let himself even think it for a second. He had to stay positive that they would be able to find Emily in time. "You two go back to your house," Stefan ordered Jeremy before he promised, "I'll call you the minute we find her."

Jeremy lifted his arms up in the air as he exclaimed, "well, you guys can't do this alone!"

However, before the two vampires could utter a single word to Jeremy, they were soon interrupted by the arrival of the oldest Salvatore. "They're not alone," Damon told the male teenager before he looked over at his brother and stated, "let's go."

Elena's brown eyes brightened as soon as she saw her boyfriend walk through the door of the history classroom. "You're coming?" She questioned hopeful as she stared into his ocean blue eyes.

Damon took a few steps across the classroom until he was standing in front of Elena before he gently placed a soft kiss on her forehead. "It's Emily," Damon stated simply as he repeated what Elena had said this morning. Damon saw Emily as one of his few friends, so he wasn't just going to let his brother and girlfriend do all the work. They were going to get Emily Gilbert back no matter what.

***

Emily groaned loudly as she felt her body fall onto the hard wooden floor. She then slowly turned on her back and stared up at the dirty ceiling for a moment as she took a deep breath. Emily guessed that she must have fallen asleep while she was processing her looming death.

The Gilbert girl sighed before she slowly sat up and got off of the hard floor. Emily wanted to get all the answers she could if she was supposed to die in the sacrifice. Emily remembered Darina mentioning that someone close to her was going to deliver something to Emily that will help her but Emily just pushed that thought to the back of her mind. She couldn't count on someone from the 1400's that would just help a stranger out of the kindness of their heart. Emily needed to be prepared for what she could control and what was coming for her now.

Emily slowly tip toed back into the room, where she had realized her fate and spotted Rose still picking up books. "Tell me more about the originals," the brunette girl commanded as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"Captivity has made her pushy, eh?" Trevor questioned in amusement as he slowly made his way down the staircase to join the human girl and his companion. "What do you want to know, doppelicious?" He wondered with a smirk as he looked at the interrogating brunette.

Emily rolled her eyes at the male vampire before she repeated her question, "the originals. Who are they?" Emily didn't have time for jokes when it was her life on the line. She needed to know as much as she could before she was delivered or taken by this so called 'original.'

Trevor sighed dramatically before he explained as he aimlessly walked around the now spotless foyer, "they are the first family from the old world." He pointed over to the cleaning vampire as he added, "Rose and I pissed them off."

Rose swiftly twirled her head around at the statement and glared over at her companion, which automatically caused the male vampire to roll his eyes before he innocently lifted his arms in the air and stated in annoyance, "correction. I pissed them off. Rose just had my back and for over half a millennium they've wanted us dead."

Emily shot the male vampire her own glare as she side stepped a book he kicked in her direction before she questioned curiously, "what did you do?"

Rose scoffed as she rolled her eyes before she answered for Trevor, who avoided looking at her and the human girl. "He trusted Katerina Petrova," Rose stated with obvious bitterness in her voice.

Emily chuckled softly as she shook her head. It seems like Katherine has a pattern of trapping people and screwing them over just like she did with the Salvatore brothers, Emily's best friend, Caroline, and her twin sister. "Ah, Katherine," Emily uttered with a smirk. She rose an eyebrow as she glanced between the two vampires and questioned, "I'm guessing you fell for her games too?"

Trevor glared over at the human girl before he continued to kick things out of his away as he released all of his anger from remembering his past mistake. "I helped her escape her fate," Trevor snarled, "and now I've..." The male vampire then paused before he threw Rose a sarcastic smile and continued, "sorry, I mean, we've been marked ever since."

"Which is why we're not gonna make the same mistake again by trusting another Petrova doppelganger," Rose told the human girl with a pointed look. She was not going to ever trust another one of those doppelgangers again. They only bring trouble with them.

"Good thing I'm nothing like Katherine," Emily stated in the same way Rose had done before she added to make her point, "and if you really knew Darina, then you would know that us being doppelgangers, we are the complete opposite of Katherine."

"There is no one like Darina," Rose whispered so quietly that Emily thought she imagined it.

Emily nodded her head silently as she thought it wasn't the best choice to bring up more old memories for the two vampires as she already seen Trevor's angry behavior because of Katherine. Instead, Emily decided to get off the topic altogether to keep the calm atmosphere going. "So, where's the bathroom in this place?" Emily asked the female vampire.

Rose looked at the human girl in complete disbelief. "You're kidding, right?" She questioned. Did the girl think she was stupid? There was no way in hell that Rose was just going to leave her alone just so she could escape and mess everything up.

Emily rolled her green eyes as she stated in annoyance, "I have to use the bathroom." She then rose her eyebrow as she challenged the vampire, "or would you rather I go in front of you?"

The female vampire sighed before she pointed towards the staircase and told the human girl in a strict voice, "you have three minutes. If you are not back by then, I will bust down the door and I will not hesitate to knock you out."

"Three minutes," Emily repeated as she nodded her head, "you got it," before the Gilbert girl quickly headed up the long staircase. Once she reached the silent and dark hallway, Emily then began to open random doors before she found the one she was searching for.

"Finally," Emily mumbled as she stepped foot into the bathroom before she made her way towards the large dirty mirror. She then placed the sleeve of Tyler's Timberwolves sweater on the glass before she began to rub away the dust. However, Emily sighed instantly when she saw her horrible reflection. She looked more zombie than human after all the stuff she had gone through thanks to the supernatural beings that are vampires.

Emily tried to enjoy the few minutes she had alone as she messed with her dirty hair. It helped with keeping her mind calm from any bad thoughts of the future or in better words, Emily's looming death by sacrifice. However, as Emily stood there in silence, she suddenly heard a crunching sound and the feeling of extra weight in her black sweatpants. The brunette girl furrowed her brows before she stuck her hand into the pocket and pulled something out. Emily then brought her hand towards her eyes and took notice of a scrunched up piece of paper between her fingers.

That wasn't there before, Emily thought as she remembered picking out a clean pair of pants from Tyler's closet. Emily curiously opened the piece of paper before she instantly sighed in relief when she read the note.

Stefan, Damon, and Elena are coming for you. - B

Emily smiled in content as she brought the note to her chest. She was glad that at least something was looking up for her. Emily felt like she could finally breathe again with knowing that they were coming to get her out of this mess - or at least until this Niklaus guy came for her.

True to her word, Emily made her way down the stairs after a couple of minutes in a much better mood once she had calmed her fast and excited heartbeat. Emily guessed it hadn't been three minutes yet since she didn't see Rose glaring over at her.

However, what confused the brunette girl as she made her way down the staircase was that she couldn't see or hear either of the vampires anymore. Emily decided to see what was going on as she quietly tip toed out of the foyer and into the only other room she had been in; the living room. But what shocked Emily when she stepped foot into the room was that the vampires were in complete and utter chaos.

Trevor was stomping as he paced up and down the dirty floor like a chicken with it's head cut off while he kicked anything in his way. "He's here," Trevor cried out as he nervously ran his hands through his messy dirty blonde hair. He shook his head as he mumbled under his breath, "this was a mistake."

Rose looked over at her companion after she placed her brown leather suitcase on the ground. "No, I told you I would get us out of this," the short haired brunette uttered softly as she tried to get Trevor to calm down, "you have to trust me."

"No!" Trevor shouted in fright as he tripped over his own feet when he tried to walk backwards. He shook his head and cried out, "he wants me dead, Rose!"

The green eyed vampire pointed her right hand over to the human girl as she heard the small sound of her toes pattering against the wooden floors before she told Trevor, "he wants her more."

Trevor either didn't hear his companion or his mind blocked it out because he continued to pace in nervousness as he mumbled, "I can't do this." He then swiftly came to a stop and looked up at Rose with his eyes widened as he came up with a plan, "you give her to him. He'll have mercy on you but I need to get out of here."

"Hey!" Rose called out as she tried to get Trevor to stop thinking about the original for a second. She gently grabbed a hold of his shaky hands while she connected her calm green eyes with his scared blue ones before she questioned softly, "what are we?"

Trevor closed his eyes briefly as he took a shaky deep breath before he responded in a hoarse voice, "we're family." The male vampire stared directly at Rose as he nodded his head before he added confidently, "forever."

The Gilbert girl couldn't help but feel bad for the two vampires, despite them kidnapping her to just deliver Emily to her death as she watched them closely. If Emily was in their place, she would without a single doubt be doing the exact same thing if it was Elena or Jeremy in trouble.

However, the tranquility that settled between the two vampires and the human girl was soon interrupted when there was a loud sound of knuckles pounding against the front door that Emily could only guess belonged to the original, Elijah.

Emily's legs began to shake with nerves when her brain finally processed that the original was here to deliver Emily to her death. So, the Gilbert girl decided to relax as much as she could as she took a seat on the uncomfortable couch. Emily then looked over at the two vampires once she calmed her heart and took notice of how rigid and silent they were. "You're afraid," Emily concluded in a small whisper.

Rose shot the human girl a quick glance before she focused back on Trevor. "Stay with her and don't make a sound," she hurriedly ordered before she quickly turned around and rushed towards the front door that would welcome their death or if they were lucky, their freedom.

Once the female vampire had walked out of the living room, Emily couldn't help but feel terror crawl up into her chest as she felt like her heart was going to pop out of her body. With knowing that Elijah was actually here, it made everything much more serious for the Gilbert girl.

Emily shakily fluttered her eyes shut as she tried to calm her erratic breathing and fast heartbeat. She knew she needed to stay calm right now. They'll be here, the brunette girl kept repeating in her mind as she prayed the Salvatore's and her sister were only seconds away.

The human girl swiftly stood up from the uncomfortable couch when she heard two pair of footsteps; one pounding against the floor and the other was more calm and elegant. Emily thought it would be better to be standing, so she can at least try to fight her way out if things got ugly.

However, Emily's breath got caught in the back of throat when her eyes landed on the man she guessed would be Elijah. In the simplest of words, he was gorgeous. He was everything Emily thought he wouldn't be. She had basically imagined a monster from what Rose and Trevor had told her about their past with the original.

The brunette girl silently studied the man as he and Rose talked with each other. Emily guessed that he was in his late twenties or early thirties. She also noticed the original had short brown hair that was swiped to the right side of his face. But the one thing that definitely shocked Emily was what he was wearing. Elijah was sporting a navy blue suit that looked like it came right out of a Gucci catalog with a pair of shiny black shoes.

The fact that her new kidnapper was attractive and could possibly kill her made Emily more nervous. It was like she staring right at a gorgeous version of the grim reaper. Emily swiftly closed her eyes as she tried to calm herself down as she was getting jittery. She just had to remember help was coming.

However, when the Gilbert girl opened her green eyes, she was shocked when she noticed the vampire was standing only an inch away from her. It frightened Emily to be so close to Elijah, so the brunette girl slowly tried to take a step away from the original but was soon stopped by a surprisingly soft grip on her upper arm. Emily was stunned with how gentle the fierce vampire was with her. It was definitely different from any other captor she had ever experienced.

The original vampire, Elijah, stared into Emily's eyes for a moment before he slowly lowered his nose to her neck as he breathed in her scent. Elijah cherished the lovely smell. It was like his love Darina was standing right in front of him. With that thought in mind, the vampire couldn't help but press his soft lips against the human girl's skin as he listened to her heartbeat.

However, Elijah's content smile turned into a frown when he realized the heartbeat didn't match up with the familiar one he had grown to love in the fifteenth century. It was a slower pattern. It didn't follow his favorite song he used to hear when he would lay with Darina as the sun rose on the south side of England.

Emily couldn't help but jump in fright as she felt the vampire's touch against her skin. She didn't know if she was supposed to be turned on or scared as the original was touching her so softly. It was weird when she had heard bad things about the man. However, for some reason, Emily didn't feel like she was going to die by the hands of this man. It must be Darina's blood in hers, Emily thought as she remembered her doppelganger could feel certain things. But the Gilbert girl was still going to keep her guard up as she didn't know this vampire like the ones in Mystic Falls.

"Hello, there," Elijah greeted smoothly as he connected his brown eyes with the human girl's green irises. He then placed his cold palm onto Emily's warm cheek as he whispered, "you are such a lovely creature."

Emily rose an eyebrow as she muttered nervously in a question, "uh, thank you?"

The original vampire continued to stare right into the human girl's eyes, but felt like he was staring into her soul for the brunette girl. However, when Emily gently cleared her throat, Elijah shook his head before he looked away from her gaze.

"Well, we should be going," Elijah uttered before he gently grabbed a hold of the human girl's wrist and added, "we have a long journey ahead of us," as he began to walk towards the direction he had entered from.

"You don't have to do this," Emily quickly sputtered as she tried to dig her heels into the wooden floor as best as she could. The Gilbert girl knew it wasn't a good idea to argue with the original vampire, but she needed to get Elijah to stay in the house for as long as possible since her rescue team wasn't here yet.

"Now, love, I don't want to force you," Elijah told the human girl before he stopped moving like Emily wanted and released her wrist. He then turned and faced the two nervous vampires as he exclaimed, "just one last piece of business."

Trevor shot a worried glance over at Rose before he slowly took a couple of steps in Elijah's direction until he was standing in front of the older vampire. "I've waited so long for this, Elijah," Trevor uttered as he shook his head before his eyes went to the floor in shame as he quickly apologized, "I'm truly, very sorry."

Elijah slowly circled the dirty blonde vampire as if Trevor was his prey before he uttered smoothly, "oh, no. Your apology's not necessary."

Trevor kept his eyes glued to the floor as he only stared at the black sneakers on his feet. "Yes, yes it is," he stated as he was afraid to even look up at the original. "You trusted me with Katerina and I failed you," Trevor muttered shakily.

"Ah, yes," Elijah mused as he continued to walk around the nervous vampire, "you are the guilty one." He raised his brown eyes over to the female vampire as he continued, "Rose aided you because she was loyal to you." Elijah gave Rose a small nod and uttered, "and that, I honor." He then stood directly in front of Trevor as he questioned with a threatening twitch of his head, "where was your loyalty?"

Trevor closed his eyes with a shaky breath as he knew he didn't have an answer for the original. He knew that any word that would come out of his mouth would just be an excuse and he didn't want to anger the vampire. "I beg your forgiveness," Trevor finally uttered once he gained the courage to look into Elijah's strong brown eyes.

"So granted," Elijah told the shaking vampire in the calmest of voices.

Trevor smiled instantly when he heard the two words he had dreamed of hearing for over five hundred years. He realized he had been worrying for nothing. Trevor knew he should have known Rose would be right, once again, when she told him that they would be free. It was just all a big misunderstanding and by the end of the night he and Rose will be laughing about it in some bar over a bottle of bourbon.

Emily watched the exchange with a thin line gracing her chapped lips. She didn't know what it was, but something felt off. Emily glanced over at Elijah with her brows furrowed and noticed he was already staring right at her.

"Close your eyes, love," the original vampire commanded gently with a single nod of his head.

Emily didn't know why, but she felt like she could trust Elijah. It was just a feeling in the pit of her stomach, and it was never wrong before so she decided to listen to the original as she squeezed her eye lids shut. It only took about two minutes of complete silence before the Gilbert girl heard the distinct sound of something rolling onto the ground and not even a second later there was another sound of a hysterical cry coming, from who Emily could only assume, Rose.

The tense Gilbert girl kept her eyes closed for a moment more before she decided to open them when she didn't hear anything else. However, when she finally gained her eye sight, Emily was in complete and utter shock. The first thing she noticed was by the staircase laid the head of Trevor with his wide blue eyes staring back at her before she swiftly moved her gaze elsewhere and saw the calm Elijah standing directly over Trevor's decapitated body.

Emily couldn't help but take a few steps away from the dead vampire and the original that killed him. The Gilbert girl finally realized that Elijah was someone she did not want to mess with even though he had been kind and gentle with her. Emily had to remember that the original was dangerous and was the reason why she was getting closer to her death.

The silent vampire, Rose, finally gained her barrings after watching her best friend for centuries die right in front of her. "You!" She shouted as she slowly walked into the original vampire's direction but was soon stopped.

"Don't, Rose," Elijah warned the female vampire as he raised his point finger into the air, "now that you are free."

The original vampire then smoothly moved around the crying vampire and her dead companion before he stood in front of the stunned human girl. He held out his clean hand with a kind smile as he ordered gently, "come."

Emily knew she was definitely running out of time for her sister and the Salvatore's to come save her. So the Gilbert girl quickly racked her brain with everything she learned today before something stood out in her mind. "The moonstone!" Emily shouted nervously. She knew it wasn't a smart idea to tell the original vampire about the milky rock as she knew that it was needed to complete the sacrifice but it was the only thing she had left to stall the vampire.

Elijah rose an amused eyebrow at the human girl before he took a step closer so there wouldn't be any room between them. He then lifted his hand and placed it against her cheek as he questioned, "what do you know about the moonstone?"

Emily bit down on her bottom lip as she was forced to stare into the vampire's brown memorizing eyes. She acted like she was thinking instead of what she was actually doing and that was wasting time. "I know you need it," Emily finally uttered in a small voice.

Elijah twitched his head as he softly stroked the right side of her face before he questioned in a whisper, "where is it, love?"

Emily's slowly shook her head before she joked, "ah, you see, I don't have the best memory. But I could take you to it." The brunette girl really hoped the original vampire didn't know she was stalling or this was definitely going to end badly.

The original vampire chuckled gently as his brown eyes shined with amusement. He then glanced over his shoulder at the crying Rose before he questioned, "did you know about this?"

Rose looked up in Elijah's and the doppelganger's direction from her spot on the floor as she held Trevor's dead body close to her. She wiped the tears from her face as she told Elijah in a small voice, "it's the first I've heard of it."

"Hmm," Elijah hummed before he turned his head back around and stared down at the human girl. He gazed into her green eyes with a look of sadness before he tried to control her mind. However, when Elijah noticed Emily's eyes weren't dilating, the original vampire glanced down to Emily's chest. He chuckled silently before he gently brought his fingertips to Emily's collarbone and mused, "what is this vervain doing around your neck?"

The Gilbert girl had barely enough time to even blink before she felt her vervain necklace being ripped off from around her neck and heard the sound of the silver chain being thrown across the room. Emily's eyes widened instantly when she went to touch her vampire protection necklace but came up empty handed like she had dreaded.

Once the toxic necklace wasn't in the way anymore, Elijah connected his irises back with the human girl's as he tried to compel her once again. "Where is the moonstone?" Elijah asked in a gentle whisper.

Emily tried to fight the compulsion as best as she could, but of course, it was worthless as the words came pouring out of her mouth like a waterfall. "It's inside of the tomb," Emily uttered. The brunette girl was really starting to regret not drinking vervain tea like they always made Jenna do. She definitely wouldn't be spilling out secrets right now if she did.

"What is it doing there?" The original vampire questioned as he continued to compel the information out of the human girl.

"It's with Katherine," Emily responded without hesitation thanks to the annoying vampire powers that the Gilbert girl was really starting to hate.

"Interesting," Elijah uttered to himself before the silence was broken by the sound of glass shattering. The original vampire swiftly broke the compulsion link and grabbed a hold of Emily's wrist before he wondered, "what is that?"

"I don't know," Rose quickly murmured as she looked up at the ceiling.

Elijah glanced around the large open spaced living room as he used his vampire hearing for any more noises before he continued to interrogate the brunette vampire, "who else is in this house?"

"I don't know," Rose answered as she repeated her last statement once again. She was quite confused herself as no one had been inside of the abandoned house since she and Trevor took shelter here for over two days without hearing or seeing a single person.

Elijah didn't bother responding to the female vampire as he didn't know if she was lying or was actually confused. Instead, he gently pulled Emily with him as he moved out of the living room. The original vampire knew he needed to get out of the house as soon as possible. There was lots of people after the Petrova doppelganger and he didn't feel like dealing with anyone now that he has her in his possession.

Once the two vampires and the human girl entered the spacious foyer, there was suddenly an all to familiar sound of another vampire running through the house. At the noise, Elijah gently pushed Emily to stand next to Rose as he was ready to end whoever was stupid enough to challenge an original.

However, as Elijah stood in the center of the foyer, he noticed that there wasn't just one supernatural being swishing through the house, but there was three. Elijah glanced over at the female vampire as he was fed up with these games. "Rose," he uttered in a warning tone.

"I don't know who it is," Rose hurriedly promised as she heard the anger in the original's voice while she held the Petrova doppelganger close to her body. Even though she traded the girl for her freedom, Rose still couldn't help but feel bad for Darina's doppelganger. Rose could see just how similar they are by just the young girl's aura.

It was only a half of a second after the last word was out of the female vampire's mouth before there another sound of the three vampires swishing in the foyer before it was followed along with a voice calling from the staircase, "up here."

At the threat finally showing itself, Elijah vamp sped up the wooden staircase to deal with the unknown vampire. However, as the foyer was overcome with silence as the original tried to find his target, Elijah heard a different voice calling from where he had just stood, "down here."

The original vampire growled in frustration before he turned around to face Rose and Emily, where he had heard the second voice. Elijah went to charge down the stairs to find the teasing vampires, but was soon stopped when a wooden stake went flying through the air with a small whistling sound before it landed in the center of his palm.

Emily was shocked that Elijah didn't even flinch like all the other vampires she had seen attacked. It seemed like it was only a small poke for the original vampire. However, what stunned the Gilbert girl even more than the fact that Elijah wasn't in pain, was that one moment she staring up at Elijah and the next she was pushed against a wall.

Emily slowly opened her eyes, that she didn't even know she closed, and smiled instantly when she realized she was staring directly into her twin sister's brown irises. She quickly pulled Elena into a tight hug as well as did Elena with all her vampire strength.

Once the sisters pulled away from each other, Elena swiftly placed her finger over her lips as she silently told Emily to be quiet. The human girl nodded her head at the motion before the two girls hugged once again like they haven't seen each other in centuries. It felt so good for both sisters to be in the same room again as they never been away from each other this long while also being in danger.

"Excuse me," Elijah's loud but elegant voice called out through the large house along with the sound of his polished shoes pattering across the foyer, "to whom it may concern, you're making a great mistake if you think that you can beat me." He paused dramatically before the original uttered cockily, "you can't."

Emily looked over at her sister, where she saw the worried look in Elena's brown eyes before she squeezed her sister's hand. 'I'm okay,' Emily mouthed to her sister with a small nod of her head. She knew Elena was just still worried so she tried to assure her as much as she could while be silent.

The large house was dead silent for a moment before there was suddenly the distinct sound of wood breaking along with the original's loud and commanding voice, "I repeat, you cannot beat me. So I want the girl on a count of three or heads will roll. Do we understand each other?"

Emily watched her sister dig into her light blue zip up jacket before she placed something into her hand. The green eyed girl furrowed her brows in confusion before she noticed Elena point her head in the original's direction and mouthed, 'throw.'

The human girl nodded her head in understanding as she gripped the curricular item before she closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Emily felt a tint of sadness at the idea of hurting Elijah for whatever reason she felt in the pit of her stomach. However, this man was threatening her sister and friends, so Emily couldn't do anything but defend and protect them like she always does.

Once Emily had calmed herself down enough, she slipped the weapon of some sort into the right arm of Tyler's sweater before she carefully took a couple of steps until she standing in the center of the staircase. "I'll come with you," Emily called down to Elijah, who turned around at her voice. She shook her head and begged, "please don't hurt them. They just wanted to help me."

Elijah swiftly vamp sped up the stairs until he was standing in front of the human girl. He then brought his empty hand that wasn't holding the long wooden stake up to her pale face before he wondered, "what game are you playing, love?"

Emily stared into Elijah's dark brown eyes as she apologized softly, "I'm sorry," before she lifted up her right sleeve and threw the weapon at the vampire's face, which instantly burned as she realized it was filled with vervain. Emily did feel bad for some reason that annoyed her. The vampire wanted to harm her friends and sister but she couldn't help but want to stand up for him. Stupid doppelganger blood, Emily thought as she watched in sorrow as Elijah cried out in pain.

However, that didn't last as long as she thought, but Emily realized she shouldn't be so surprised as she had seen a stake not harm him. The human girl's green eyes widened a second later as she saw Elijah was standing up and was about to charge at her. But the original was swiftly stopped as the youngest Salvatore stood directly in front of Emily while he shot a wooden stake from a compressed gun.

Unluckily for the Salvatore, it was like the wooden stakes were just small taps to the original because he kept on walking up the stairs with an amused expression on his face. Stefan soon realized the stakes weren't going to stop him, so Stefan quickly threw himself down the stairs and attacked the vampire the old fashion way.

The two supernatural beings rolled all the way down the stairs until they reached the hard ground, but the stronger and older vampire was the first one to stand as he stared down at Stefan with a confident smirk on his face. However, as Elijah went to get rid of the brunette, he was soon stopped when another vampire came charging at him with the stake he had made before his body was thrusted against the wall as the weapon was pieced straight through his heart.

Emily was frozen as she stood at the edge of the stairs. She had just witnessed Damon kill the original with ease. However, what confused her was just how easy it was. It didn't make sense. Emily knew Elijah was an old vampire and it's usually hard to kill the older ones like Katherine. Emily just felt something in the pit of her stomach that was telling her this wasn't over.

However, before Emily could dwell on it too much, she was soon caught off guard by her sister's body being thrown against hers. Emily chuckled softly before she whispered, "I missed you too," while she hugged her sister just as tightly.

The Gilbert girl glanced over her shoulder and noticed Rose staring at her with tears in her eyes. Emily gave the vampire a small nod and mouthed, 'go.' Emily knew Rose was still mourning of her friend and she deserved to be free after running for centuries, despite putting the human girl in all this mess.

Rose gave the Petrova doppelganger a tiniest of smiles that she could muster before she swiftly vamp sped out of the house and out of the place that she had gained her freedom back and also lost the most important person in her life, Trevor.

Once Emily watched Rose run out of the house, she pulled away from her sister's tight embrace before she was surprised by another set of arms that she recognized instantly like it was a second layer of skin.

"You got to stop scaring me like this," Stefan whispered against Emily's forehead after he had placed a gentle kiss on her temple. The Salvatore vampire couldn't help but relax now that he had Emily in his arms again. It was like he had to experience the same night two days in a row as he felt just like he did when he had finally got out of the trapped room at the Lockwood mansion.

"You can't get rid of me that easily," Emily joked as she wrapped her arms tightly around Stefan's neck. She breathed in his scent like it was home for her. It calmed her down instantly with knowing that she was safe for now.

The Gilbert girl glanced over Stefan's shoulder as they continued to hug, where she saw her twin sister leaning against Damon's chest, who was staring directly at her with his brows furrowed. Emily gave the Salvatore a small nod as she mouthed, 'thank you.' Emily still wasn't in the best terms with Damon after what he did to Jeremy, but Emily couldn't help but feel thankful for his help in rescuing her.

Emily unwrapped herself from Stefan's hold after a couple of calm minutes before she questioned the vampires with a raised eyebrow, "so, home?" She was so ready to go back to Mystic Falls and shower and sleep in her own house for once. Emily felt like she hadn't seen her room in years.

Damon and Elena both chuckled at the Gilbert girl before they nodded their heads and made their way out of the dark house. Stefan also moved to follow after his brother and ex-girlfriend, but turned around when he didn't hear Emily following along. "Emmie? You coming?" He questioned with his brows furrowed.

Emily's gaze had been stuck on the dead original when she went to follow after the vampires. She just felt this strange connection to Elijah and she felt like he wasn't actually dead. At the sound of Stefan's voice, Emily swiftly shook her head before she looked into his green eyes and smiled. "Let's go home," she whispered before she walked with the youngest Salvatore as he wrapped his arm around her waist.

***

The two Gilbert twins silently walked through the door of their childhood home after a long three hour drive from the hell hole of a house that Emily had been trapped in. Emily never realized just how exhausted she's been since all the adrenaline running through her veins was quickly leaving her body. She just wanted to take a nice hot shower and sleep in her soft bed for at least forty-eight hours.

Elena helped the human girl up the stairs as gently as she could. She was still worried about her sister after everything she went through. Emily had told her to stop babying her, but that was the last thing she was going to do. Elena didn't even want to let go of Emily, but she knew she couldn't keep her under watch forever.

"Emily?" The familiar voice of the youngest Gilbert called out through their house as the twin sisters reached the landing strip of the quiet hallway.

The Gilbert girl had barley enough time to look up instead of staring at her bare feet before she felt a cold pair of arms wrap around her body. Emily chuckled lightly as she smelled the scent of lavender that could only belong to her friend, Bonnie. "Miss Bennett, you are a Godsend," Emily muttered into her friend's ear with a bright smile. She knew if it wasn't for the witch, then they would have never found her in time.

"I'm glad you're okay," Bonnie stated before she added with a giggle, "again."

Emily chuckled as she nodded her head. She felt she was having deja vu after having this exact conversation at the Lockwood mansion. The Gilbert girl pulled away after a moment and lightly swiped the tear falling from Bonnie's brown eyes. "Hey, no crying," Emily ordered softly.

"Fat chance," Bonnie mumbled as she tried to keep her tears from pouring down her face. But she knew there was no way to stop them with how happy she was to see the oldest Gilbert sibling okay and alive.

"We'll cry if we want to," Jeremy muttered with an eye roll before he swiftly rushed at his sister and pulled her into a tight hug. "Are you okay?" He whispered into Emily's ear as he held her into his chest.

Emily nodded her head against Jeremy's shoulder as she whispered right back, "I told you I didn't give you my death speech yet."

Jeremy snorted out a laugh as he remembered their conversation from less than twenty-four hours ago. "Good," he mumbled before he gently laid a kiss on the top of his sister's brown hair.

The two siblings stood in the middle of the hallway in silence as they embraced each other before they were soon interrupted by the young vampire. "I think we should let Emily get some rest," Elena told her brother and friend as she shot her sister a wink.

Emily pulled away from Jeremy and rose an eyebrow at her sister. Why in the hell was her twin winking at her? "Uh... yeah," Emily mumbled, "I really need a shower and sleep."

The Gilbert vampire turned to Bonnie and Jeremy as she suggested, "why don't we head down to the Grill?" Elena then looked at her sister with a knowing look as she told Emily, "so, you'll be all alone in the house since we'll be getting dinner and Jenna's stuck at the library for the night."

"Uh..." Emily murmured, "that's fine." The human girl was still confused why her sister was being so secretive. It was even weirder that Elena just wanted to leave her alone after being kidnapped today and attacked by Katherine yesterday.

Bonnie and Jeremy both agreed as they didn't even realize Elena's weird behavior. They just pulled the human girl into one last big hug before they headed down the stairs to wait for the vampire so they could head down to Mystic Grill.

Emily furrowed her green eyes suspiciously at her twin as she muttered, "I'm watching you."

Elena playfully rolled her eyes at the human girl before she pulled Emily into another hug as she stated, "we'll talk later," before she jogged down the stairs to catch up with the Bennett witch and her brother with a secret smile on her face.

Emily shook her head as she watched her sister leave. It was very strange Elena behavior. However, Emily just pushed that thought away. I'm just tried, Emily thought. Once the Gilbert girl heard the front door close, she headed to her bedroom and grabbed a pair of black jogger shorts and a gray spaghetti top before she went straight to the bathroom.

It was about twenty minutes later when Emily finally opened the adjacent door that connects her bedroom to the bathroom. The hot shower definitely helped her sore body and now all she wanted to do was relax in her own bed while watching Sam and Dean Winchester fight their own vampires; like a normal teenager should do.

The Gilbert girl silently tip toed over to her vanity table as she wanted to brush her hair before she started to watch TV and fall asleep for the next two nights. Emily looked at her reflection with a frown when she didn't see her necklace. She had totally forgot that Elijah had threw it off of her after the whole ordeal at the abandoned house.

Emily felt naked without the necklace resting on her chest as she only had it off twice since she received it. The Gilbert girl gently placed her fingers against the empty space before she was suddenly interrupted by a calm voice, "hi."

Emily swiftly twirled around at the voice and took a deep breath once she saw Stefan's easy smile shinning down at her. "You scared me," Emily mumbled as she relaxed down on her white chair and crossed her legs at her ankles.

"Sorry," Stefan whispered even though an amused smile adored his face. He then silently placed his hand in the front right pocket of his jeans before he pulled something out. "I went back and picked this up," Stefan explained before he hung Emily's vervain necklace in the air.

A bright smile instantly lifted on Emily's face when saw the one thing she had just been thinking about. The Gilbert girl swiftly stood up fro her vanity chair and walked up to Stefan before she reached for the necklace as she praised, "thank you so much."

However, before Emily could even touch her necklace, Stefan moved the silver and red jewelry out of Emily's reach as he uttered, "I'll give you this, but first I need to say something."

Emily rose an eyebrow as she wondered, "why do you have I say it with my necklace and does it have anything to do with what you tried to tell me at the Lockwood mansion before I got taken?" The Gilbert girl was confused as it why Stefan wouldn't just give her the necklace that protects her from vampires. She hated not being able to wear it when she's in Mystic Falls. Especially now that word of the Petrova doppelganger is out.

Stefan nodded his head before he turned away from her gaze and began to pace up and down the small room. He was confused at what he should do. Stefan did plan on telling Emily the truth about his feelings before she had gotten kidnapped, but now he wasn't sure. Was it worth it when she could be in even more danger with him? Or would it be safer to let her believe that he didn't feel anything for her like she has been thinking since the whole Isobel thing that happened months ago?

Emily watched the pacing Salvatore for a few minutes but couldn't stand the silence any longer, so she carefully walked up to him and asked gently, "Stef? What's going on?" She never seen Stefan so rattled before. It was strange and new.

Stefan shook his head as he continued to pace. He either didn't hear Emily or chose to not answer. However, when Emily's touch sparked something inside of Stefan's chest, he finally decided what he was going to do. The Salvatore vampire stopped pacing altogether and grabbed Emily's hand before he slipped the vervain necklace into her possession as he kept his eyes glued on hers.

Emily glanced down at the cold touch and saw her necklace sitting in her hand. She then placed the necklace on her vanity table, that was in arms reach before she looked back at Stefan. "Are you sure you're okay?" Emily worriedly questioned, "what's wrong?"

Stefan didn't say a single thing, he only continued to stare into his favorite pair of eyes. Finally, after a couple of seconds passed, he then laid his large cold hand onto Emily's warm cheek. Stefan swallowed thickly before he stated slowly without any hesitation or regrets, "You are the one I'm in love with."

Emily furrowed her brows in confusion before she realized that is what he tried to tell her while at the Lockwood mansion last night. But that thought was quickly washed away as she was in shock at the confession. "W-What?" Emily whispered so quietly that no human would have heard.

Stefan licked his lips nervously before he stated, "let me show you something." He took a step closer to Emily before he began to compel her since she wasn't wearing any vervain, "remember."

Emily felt like she was stuck in a trance as memories she didn't remember happening began to flash through her mind at light speed.

***

... Elena looked at Isobel in realization, "you were never going to hurt him."

"No," Isobel pouted, "I was going to kill him." Noticing Elena's furrowed brows, Isobel spoke, "don't look for any redeeming qualities in me. I don't have any."

Emily rose an eyebrow at Isobel, "how did you know Damon was going to give her the device?"

Isobel smirked over at her two daughters before focusing on Elena, "because Damon is in love with you," Isobel turned back to Emily with a brighter smirk, "and Stefan is in love with you."...

***

... Emily threw her hoodie on her desk chair before turning to Stefan, "so what did you want to talk about?" Emily really hoped it wasn't the conversation she knew they needed to have.

Stefan looked into Emily's green eyes before closing his eyes with a sigh, "I need to get this off my chest and if I don't, I'm going to explode."

Emily's eyes furrowed, "what is it?"

Stefan walked closer to her and spoke quietly but passionately, "Isobel was right. I am so in love with you that sometimes I can't breathe when I'm around you."

Emily's eyes widened in shock, "Stefan..."

"Please let me finish," Stefan begged. Once Emily stayed quiet, he continued, "every time I look at you, my heart tightens when I can't just walk right up to you and kiss you."

"Why are you telling me this?" Emily whispered.

Stefan grabbed the side of Emily's face softly and stared into her eyes deeply, "because it is killing me from not telling you. I just need to tell you the truth. I love you, Emily Gilbert." Before Emily had the chance to say anything, Stefan molded his lips with hers. Emily's eyes widened, but she couldn't stop what she was feeling, and kissed Stefan back. But it was over before she could enjoy it. Stefan looked into Emily's eyes with tears in his eyes, "I am going to hate myself for doing this."

"What are you talking about?" Emily questioned with wide eyes.

Stefan looked right into Emily's eyes before compelling her, "you talked to Elena after you came home. You made up with Elena. You don't believe what Isobel said about me being in love with you. You took off your necklace so you could clean it. You will not remember this conversation."...

***

"Oh, my God," Emily gasped as soon as the memories ended and focused back on the nervous looking Stefan. The Gilbert girl couldn't believe that Stefan has feelings for her like she has for him. But what was more surprising, was that he already confessed them to her. "B-But y-you were still with Elena then," Emily mumbled in confusion as she was still trying to wrap her mind around the new or old information.

Stefan silently nodded his head before he told the stunned girl, "I've felt something for you the moment I saved you from Wickery Bridge."

"Y-You were the one that pulled us out of the water that night?" Emily questioned in a voice of disbelief. She had never even heard about this. It was completely new information. She honestly never really thought much about how she and Elena could have survived that night.

Stefan awkwardly scratched the back of his neck as he uttered, "uh, I think I forgot to tell you about that." He shook his head as he got back on topic and stated, "but, yes. I saw it happen and pulled you and Elena out. I tried to go back for Miranda and Grayson but I was too late."

Emily swallowed thickly as she nodded her head. This was one thing she hated talking and thinking about as it always brought back horrible memories of that night. But it stirred something different in her chest as she finally knew Stefan was there and that he was the reason she was alive.

Stefan gently grabbed a hold of Emily's hand when she stayed silent and squeezed it before he continued his confession, "ever since that night, I couldn't help but feel something for you. I always knew that I would love you. I just got scared of what I was feeling." Stefan shook his head with a low chuckle as he stated, "I guess Katherine was right. I went after Elena because she was the easy choice. My feelings for you made me nervous because of what you made me feel. You made me feel new, different, and most importantly; human."

"I'm so in love with you, Emily Nicole Gilbert," Stefan continued his confession with an easy smile on his face, "I can't hold it in any longer." He shook his head, "for so long, I felt guilty for feeling this way when I was with Elena. But that's all over, as I guess you know." Stefan brought his hand to Emily's cheek and stroked it softly, "you are the brightness that has been missing from my life. I love how protective and sweet and caring you are for everyone. I love the way you bite your lip when you are focusing or the way your eyes sparkle when you talk about something you are passionate about. I love th-"

However, before Stefan could continue his heartfelt speech, his words were soon cut off by the soft lips of the Gilbert girl's on his. Emily couldn't hold it in any longer. All the feelings she had been hiding was bubbling out of her chest when she now knew Stefan felt the same way.

Emily slowly pulled away from Stefan's lips after a couple of minutes as she needed to take a large breath of air. She looked into the vampire's confused eyes before she chuckled and wrapped her arms around his neck. Emily placed a small kiss onto Stefan's lips as she whispered between each one, "I. Love. You." She pulled away and looked into his green eyes as she confessed, "and I'm tired of feeling guilty for thinking that every time I was in a room with you."

"You love me?" Stefan asked with a large grin shining on his face. That was what he always wanted to hear from the human girl. He just never thought it would actually happen. Stefan felt like he was having the best dream of his life right now.

Emily nodded her head as she had an identical happy grin on her lips. She rubbed her fingers up and down on the back of Stefan's neck as she uttered, "you make me feel something I have never felt in my entire life. You make me feel like I can conquer the world." Emily chuckled lightly as she continued, "you make my heart feel warm and gooey. It's like I need to have you in my life." She then shook her head as she muttered, "I-I just always felt guilty about my feelings when you were with my sister. It felt wrong."

Stefan slipped his large hands down Emily's backside until they rested onto her waist and squeezed her body. He rested his forehead against the brunette's as he told her, "there is nothing wrong about this."

"I know," Emily whispered right back before she brought her lips back to Stefan's like she was starving for his touch. Emily felt like she was on cloud nine and nothing else mattered. It was just them.

Stefan trailed his lips down Emily's neck after a few minutes of kissing the love of his life. He left small feather-like touches across both of her shoulders and collarbone before going lower until he reached the edge of her gray top. "Where's everyone?" Stefan finally uttered as he whispered against Emily's warm skin.

Emily's head was pointed towards her ceiling as her eyes was closed. She was in heaven with Stefan's soft lips against her body. "They're all gone," Emily whispered as a soft moan flew out of her lips.

The Salvatore vampire smiled against Emily's skin before he whispered, "good." He then swiftly slid his hands down to Emily's bottom and lifted her up as he wrapped her legs around his waist. Stefan brought his lips back to Emily's before he vamp sped over to her queen sized bed and gently laid her down.

The brunette girl giggled as she looked up into Stefan's green eyes. "Are you about to have your way with me, Mr. Salvatore?" Emily questioned with an amused smirk as she trailed her fingers across Stefan's navy blue Henley.

Stefan kissed down the human girl's neck before he looked into her eyes as he questioned with a grin, "is that a problem, Ms. Gilbert?"

Emily lifted her head up as she brought her lips to Stefan's before she shook her head and assured him, "definitely not, Mr. Salvatore."

"Well, I don't want to disappoint," Stefan murmured before he trailed his hands up Emily's body until he reached her fingers and lifted her arms over her head. He then kissed down her neck and shoulder before he moved a strap of her shirt out of the way as he continued. "I love you," Stefan whispered against Emily body's as he showered her with love and adoration.

Emily moaned out in pleasure before she whispered right back in the most heartfelt voice she could muster, "I love you too."

It was like nothing else existed as Emily felt her spaghetti top being lifted off of her body and the feeling of Stefan's cold chest pressed against her heated one. It was just her and Stefan, finally together as they showed their love by the movement of their bodies. Emily knew this was what real love was all about and Emily couldn't wait to spend it with Stefan.