Stefan Salvatore's daughter ~ Miracle

60. Bewitched by the Original Witch

Stefan's P.O.V.

I am in my bedroom, sitting at my desk, in front of my journal. I am holding my pen, thinking of what I could write. There's so much I could write with everything that is happening lately... But yet, nothing is coming right now. It's like the words just won't come out. I guess it has to do with the fact that I cannot feel... That I cannot care... I heard what Gillian told me last night. I heard her and I really wish I could do what she asked me. But I don't feel nor find the strength to do it. I don't know why she is so sure I can do this. To her eyes and to the sound of her voice, it sounded like I could do anything, like a superhero. She sounded so confident, so sure of herself, so encouraging, so hopeful... But all heroes can't do everything. I sigh as I rest my back in my chair when I hear my phone buzzing. I look at the screen and discover Elena's name popping up. I weakly shake my head and cancel the call after a moment. I can't deal with this right now. I sigh again and let my pen drop in the middle of my journal before standing up. I walk out of my bedroom and lead myself to my daughter's bedroom. When we got back last night, I had to carry her. She was so tired that she actually fell asleep in my arms. I arrived to her bedroom door and I lightly knock on it. Nobody answers. I quietly and slowly open her door to discover my daughter still asleep in her bed. I guess she needs it. I open the door fully before leaning against the door frame, my arms crossed over my chest. I don't know how she can keep such hope with all of this going on. I don't know how she can keep her strength like that. Even when she breaks down... It's like she comes back stronger each times. I know she doesn't feel, I know she doesn't care and still, she puts others before her. I guess Emily was right... So was Klaus... My daughter's heart is pure even when it is darkened by her lack of emotions. I sigh for the third time this morning before uncrossing my arms and stepping slowly inside her bedroom. I lead myself to her bed and sit next to my daughter. I smile to her sweet sleepy face, loving how peaceful she looks. I slowly, gently and delicately take a lock of her hair off of her face before placing on a kiss on her forehead. Gillian groans, waking up slowly. She opens her tired sleepy eyes while stretching before closing them again. I chuckle as I see her lifting one arm for me to hug her. I lean in and embrace my daughter, hiding my face in her neck.

- Hi, baby, I whisper before kissing her cheek and going back in her neck.

Damon's P.O.V.

I am laying on my bed, my eyes closed and still half asleep. I had a wild and rough night last night. I guess the Original blondy vampire and I just needed it. We kind of were... Similar last night. We both were emotionally in pain and couldn't have what we wanted. I groan when I hear my phone buzzing on my night table. I roll over and pick up the call, after seeing Elena's name on the screen. Again...

- What? I ask with a sleepy voice mixed up with annoyment. She called me at least ten times last night and each of those times, I didn't answer. I had my reasons...

- Hey, I... I called you ten times last night. We need to talk, answers, the brunette, sounding a bit awkward, a bit ashamed and also tired and serious.

- Sorry, I've been busy, I apologize while smirking and lightly looking behind me. I prefer not telling her about last night. She wouldn't understand anyway.

- If you're mad at me, Damon, you need to get over it, tells me, Elena, speaking with annoyment. She lightly sighed at the end of her sentence.

- Oh, I'm over it, I answer before hanging up. I lay back down on my bed and look at Rebekah still asleep and laying naked next to me. I can't tell if it was a mistake... Maybe it was one. But I can't go back in time anyway.

Almost an hour later, Rebekah and I are walking down the stairs, towards the entrance of the boarding house. She is wearing her green dress from the ball last night, her blonde hair are down and a bit messy. I am topless, walking next to the blonde.

- So, let's not make a big deal out of this, tells me, the Original, sounding like what happened last night wasn't a big of a deal.

- My thoughts exactly, I respond to her with the same tone.

- Besides, I expect you'll come calling soon enough, she replies, joking. I hope she is...

- Let's not hold our breath, I respond, smiling before opening the front door. You must be kidding me... What is she doing here?

Elena is standing outside, looking at us in shocked after seeing Rebekah standing up next to me. I look down at Rebekah awkwardly while the Original vampire looks up at me, smiling. It almost looks like she is proud that Elena saw her with me. The Blonde Original vampire walks out of the boarding house, letting the brunette and I in an awkward silence for a long moment. Elena frowns upset at me before stepping in, going to the living-room, not saying a word on her way. I vamp-speed back to my bedroom, grab a shirt and rush back downstairs to Elena.

- Did you stop taking your vervain? questions, the brunette to me, sounding upset as I arrive in the living-room, still buttoning up my shirt.

- You think Rebekah had to compel me? I ask her back, ignoring her question. I chuckle while shaking my head.

- What's wrong with you? She tried to kill me less than forty eight hours ago, reminds me, Elena, frowning confused and upset at me.

- Can we just move pass that, Elena? I ask her, walking passed her after finishing buttoning up my shirt to go pour myself a glass of Bourbon.

- So is that how it's going to be now? I hurt your feelings and this is how you lash out at me? questions, Jeremy's sister, turning around to look at me. I grab the bottle of alcohol and pour the liquid in a glass.

- Well, maybe, for once, something I did had nothing to do with you, I answer, smirking. I hold up my glass to her before taking a sip of it while Elena glares at me not amused.

- You should know that Esther is planning on killing her entire family. She's linked them all together with a spell. Whatever happens to one, happens to all of them, explains me, the brunette, looking and sounding serious despite the fact that she is clearly upset about me.

- Well, that's great! Klaus will finally be dead. We win, I respond, taking a new sip of my drink. Elena frowns confused, weakly shaking her head and looking at me like I am not taking this thing seriously or like I didn't hear her. Why do you look like someone just shot a panda bear?

- Uh, because to kill Klaus she has to kill all of them, including Elijah. And he doesn't deserve this! replies, Jeremy's sister, speaking madly and sounding like it should have been obvious to me.

- I'm supposed to care about Elijah? I ask her, lightly shrugging.

- Shouldn't you at least care about Rebekah, she half corrects me, almost sounding jealous. Good...

- Two seconds ago, you were pissed that she attacked you. It's a win-win, I remind and tell her, speaking slowly to make things clear. Elena shakes her head and turns around to walk out. However, before she could go anywhere, I vamp-speed to get in front of her and block her way. Don't do anything to screw this up, Elena, I warn her, staring into her chocolate eyes.

- Why are you doing this? she asks me, sounding sad suddenly.

- He's right, you know, I hear Stefan saying as he and my niece join us. Of course, they would be listening to the conversation. Klaus has to die. They all do.

- See? It's democracy in action, I tell her before taking a sip of my drink again.

- You know, maybe we should put this problem in another way, I hear Gillian saying. I turn around and look at her while Elena frowns upset at my niece. You don't want to kill them all, fine, that's your problem. Just say goodbye to your brother forever because you know that he won't ever come back at Mystic Falls while one of them is still alive, she tells her, crossing her arms over her chest. I turn back to Elena when I watch her knocking my arm on her way out, spilling my drink on the floor. The brunette exits our home, slamming the door behind her with angriness. I exchange a glance with my brother and niece before those two move to the kitchen.

Gillian's P.O.V.

I enter the kitchen, feeling hungry. I am actually so hungry that I feel sick, nauseous. I grab a blood bag out of the fridge and pour it into a glass. I know dad is following me behind with Uncle Damon. It's weird... I look at the bag in my hand as I feel like everything begins to spin around I. My hand seems to lightly shake. I am that hungry? I throw the blood bag away and turn around to sit on the counter. I grab my glass next to me and begin drinking the red liquid. Dad is leaning against the wall across from me, his arms crossed over his chest. He just stares at me.

- Did I spill blood somewhere on myself? I ask him while looking at my shirt and then wiping my face with my free hand.

- No... no, answers, my father while shaking his head and smiling. I just like watching my daughter, is that wrong?

- That's creepy, I reply, smiling and still drinking.

- Well, sorry for being your father and proud, jokes, my dad, chuckling.

- There's nothing to be proud of, I whisper lowly, hoping he didn't hear me. However, I see dad frowning lightly. I was about to reply when Uncle Damon enters the kitchen.

- Don't let me break your moment. I'm just here to eat, he tells us while leading himself toward the refrigerator.

- You're not breaking anything, Uncle Damon, I tell him while shaking my head. My uncle doesn't say anything nor look at me. He does his stuff, ignoring me. I frown lightly, staring at him. How are you feeling?

- I'm fine, Boo. Why that question? He answers and asks me after sighing. Uncle Damon leans against the counter, between his brother and I, crossing his arms over his chest, just like dad. I weakly smile at him before quickly glancing at my father.

- Because I know you and I know how you do when you try to deal with your emotions, I reply gently, causing my uncle to look at me. Damon finishing his glass of blood quickly before puting it in the sink.

- I don't have to confess anything to you two, responds, Damon with madness, obviously not wanting to talk about it. I nod and look down, surprised by the tone he used.

- Damon, calm down. Gillian only asked you how you are doing, reminds, my father to his brother, using his calm voice. Damon turns his head to look at my father, frowning madly.

- I calm down if I want to! Don't tell me to calm down! replies madly, Damon while he approaches my father. He can be so stubborn. I frown and shake my head before taking a sip of my drink again.

- Damon... tells my father with a warning tone.

- Oh, come on, Stefan. What do you care? questions, Damon which made my father getting upset. Dad uncrosses his arms to stand right in front of his brother. I sigh and shake my head when I suddenly feel sick again. What is happening to me? I can feel some pins and needles in my cheeks while I, suddenly, feel warm.

- Be careful, Damon, threats, my father to his brother.

- Oh, I'm scared, Stefan. Have I ever told you that you are as scary as a chihuahua? I hear my uncle saying while smirking. I'm going to be sick... I grimace as I quickly get down the kitchen counter and go to the sink next to me. However, before I could reach the kitchen sink, I begin to throw up, coughing up the blood I drink.

- Gillian?! I hear my father calling me. I am leaning above the kitchen sink, emptying my stomach. Dad walks up to me and grabs my hair to pull them behind me. He maintains them up with one hand while the other one is gently rubbing my back. Hey, it's okay, babygirl. Get it all out, reassures me, my father as I keep coughing and throwing up the blood.

- What's happening to her? Do you think it's the blood? questions, Damon with worry and a bit disgusted by the noise I am making and the sight of me being sick.

- I don't know, answers quickly, my father. I finish throwing up after a moment but I stay above the sink few more seconds. Dad opens the tap of the kitchen sink to clean it up. One of his hand is still holding my hair. I wipe my mouth and take some water to clean it, spitting the liquid in the kitchen sink. You okay? questions, dad as I turn around and he releases my hair.

- It's disgusting, I say before lightly nodding. I pass my hand over my face, feeling slightly feverish. I sigh and look at Damon who frowns with worry. Suddenly, I feel my father puting his hand on my forehead, making him glancing at his brother with a frown.

- She's warm, tells, dad to Damon.

- What? Damon approaches us. He grabs my arm and begins to examine it. He does the same with the other one, with my legs, my belly, my back... my whole body.

- Oh my God, Damon, stop moving me so fast or I'm going to be sick again, I tell him weakly while almost turning back to the kitchen sink behind me.

- Have you been bitten? he asks me with worry, nervousness and concern. Dad stares at me, almost looking scared.

- No, why would I have? I haven't been around a werewolf, I tell them weakly as I feel like the floor is melting. I... I-I-I need to sit, I whisper, feeling awfully bad. I sigh before letting myself sliding down to the floor. I feel my father and Damon, each of them holding one arm, like I was going to collapse.

- Could it have been Klaus? asks, dad to his brother.

- I don't know, Stefan, answers, Damon, talking with nervousness, upset and madness. I let my head rests against the closet door behind me and close my eyes, feeling weak suddenly.

- Okay, I'm going to go put Gillian back in her bed. Let's talk later, says, my father to Damon. I re-open my eyes again and watch my uncle leaving the kitchen. Come on, babygirl, whispers, dad while picking me up. Let's get you back to bed, he keeps whispering, walking upstairs with me in his arms.

Rebekah's P.O.V.

- Well, well, well, there's our girl! tells, Kol as I enter our living-room. I go and try to walk further in the room when my brother decided to block my way. I try to walk passed him on his left and then his right but at each of my attempt, he blocks my way. I look up at Kol, seeing him smirking.

- Get out of my way, Kol, I warn him, not in the mood.

- Out all night. What a scandal! replies, Kol, smirking and with sarcasm. I try to pass next to him again but Kol keeps blocking my way. I trust you did better than that commoner? Matt, was it?

- If you don't shut your mouth, the next thing to come out of it will be your teeth, I threat him, absolutely not amused. I hear and see Klaus grinning as he is sitting on the sofa, drawing on his sketchbook. Don't start, Nik! I warn seriously my other brother, pushing Kol on the side to walk passed him.

- I didn't say anything, replies, Klaus, barely looking it up at me and staying concentrate on his drawing.

- I'm bored. Our sister is a strumpet, but at least she's having fun. I need entertainment, complains, Kol, while letting himself fall on the sofa across from Nik.

- What are you waiting for? Go on, have at it, responds, Klaus to our brother, still not looking up from his sketch.

- It's not fun to go alone. Join me, Nik! I look at Kol, arcing an eyebrow, annoyed of his behavior. It's the least you can do after sticking a dagger in my heart, tells, Kol, almost blackmailing our brother. I look at Nik and see him staring at Kol, looking like he is thinking.

- Okay. Why not? replies, Niklaus, closing his sketchbook and puting it on the small table in front of him. I didn't have nearly enough to drink last night, what with you trying to murder Rebekah's date.

- Yes, please go, this house has enough men rolling around it in, I complain while my two brothers walk out of the room.

- Just like you, Bekah, responds, Kol, smirking while pointing at me.

- Good riddance, both of you! I scream upset as I throw my shoe at him. However, Kol rushes out of the room, before it could touch him. I sigh when I see Elijah entering the room while calling my name. Not you too, Elijah, I say, looking away annoyed.

- I'm worried about mother. Have you not noticed her strange behavior? he tells and asks me, looking down seriously like he is thinking about something important before approaching me.

- She's been dead for a thousand years. What's strange for her? I respond to him, like it was obvious.

- Burnt sage, he answers, showing me the thing in his hand. I take it and examine it, frowning lightly confused at the object. She was doing a privacy spell.

- You know she fancies such things. Why don't you ask Finn? He's been doting on her, I and ask tell him, sounding annoyed.

- I don't trust Finn. He hates what we are, he always has, replies seriously, Elijah.

- That's not true. And as for mother, she returned for one reason, to make our family whole. She loves us. What trouble are you looking to find? I remind and ask him, not understanding why Elijah always sees things like something is wrong.

Elena's P.O.V.

- He was gloating. Like actual gloat. Like he was proud of himself for sleeping with her, I complain, recounting what happened to Bonnie while she is doing the spell Esther did with the sage. Caroline is standing somewhere in the house, probably listening to our conversation while Bonnie is trying to make this spell work. Is it working? I ask to my witch friend, after sighing.

- It's not working, tells, Caroline, suddenly entering my bedroom. I can hear every word you're saying about Damon, the vampire gigolo.

- I don't know, it's a tricky spell, replies, Bonnie, looking up alternately at the both of us.

- When Esther did it, she kept the sage burning. There was a lot more smoke, I explain her, hoping maybe it will help her a bit.

- Alright, responds, Bonnie before burning the sage again. Try it again, we both look at Caroline, our eyes telling her to close the door again. Our vampire friend scoffs and leaves the room again.

- Speaking of Esther, you should know that she came to see me and Abby this morning, informs me, Bonnie as she keeps trying to do the spell I demanded her to try. I look at her with a surprised look, widening my eyes.

- And all this time you let me vent about Damon? I tell her, not believing how selfish I've been.

- I don't want you to worry, answers, my witch friend, shaking her head.

- Okay, well, what did she want? I ask her, frowning confused, interested about it and concern for my friend. How can I not be worried after that?

- She wanted to introduce herself. Abby and I helped bring her back. She's channeling our entire ancestral bloodline for power. I think she thought she was being polite, explains, the witch, lightly shrugging at the end. Her talking sounded more like a guess then sounding sure of her.

- Okay, well, is there a way to stop her from channeling you? I ask her, sitting carefully on my bed to not make the candles fall and burn the blanket.

- Even if there was, why would I want that? questions back, Bonnie, frowning confused at me.

- I just keep thinking... Before the sun and the moon ritual, Elijah found a way to keep me alive. And now I'm in exactly the same position and I'm just gonna let him die? It just doesn't feel right, I remind and answer her, shaking my head. I really do feel guilty about lying to Elijah and letting him die like this. He did kept his word, everytime I needed him and what do I do? I stab him in the back. That makes two Originals That I "stab" in the back.

- Okay. First of all, tells, Caroline, suddenly re-entering my bedroom, this privacy spell is totally not working. Second. Elena, you are not doing this, Esther is doing this.

- There's no time to change your mind, Elena. He'll be dead by the end of the night, informs me, Bonnie, looking at me seriously and nodding at the same time. Wait...

- What? I ask confused, surprised and shocked. What is she talking about? Why?

- It's a full moon. Esther needs to harness the energy of a celestial event. She asked me and Abby to join her, answers and explains me, the witch. I stare at her, not liking that I can't do anything to help or stop this. There's always a way to stop it...

Gillian's P.O.V.

I am laying on my bed, watching a movie on my computer. Dad put it next to me before going back downstairs. I am half asleep in front of the screen, feeling weak and sick when I hear my father coming back in my bedroom. I look at the screen and remark that I've been sleeping for almost an hour. Already? The movie just ended. My father smiles at me before sitting next to me on the bed, passing an arm around my body.

- How are you feeling? He questions in a whisper while touching my forehead. No more nauseous? Dad's hand slides down on my cheek and caresses gently.

- Better. But I still feel weak, he nods. I can tell he is confused on what is happening to me. And maybe he is worried too? He didn't sound worried earlier but I can tell when he is. Just by the way he does with me. My father might not care but he is in lack of blood. I can read it in his eyes. They are not the same as they should be when he is under human blood. What do you think is happening to me, dad? I mean... Vampires aren't supposed to get sick so... That means something must be happening to me, I question and tell him in a whisper, sounding confused. However, I am not scared. How would I be, anyway? Do you think I'm going to die this time?

- I don't know, Gillian, but I do know that I won't let death take you away from me. I'll find something to heal you if you're sick. A medicine. A cure. Anything, baby. I always did find something to help you, right? He whispers back, faintly smiling like it is going to encourage me. His free hand grabs my arm before his thumb rubs it gently. I nod and faintly smile back before looking back at the computer screen, puting another movie on. Haven't you seen that movie like a hundred times already? He asks, chuckling.

- I have, I respond, chuckling as well. But it is so good, dad, I, suddenly, shiver which caused me to hide a bit more under my covers. I see dad frowning as he brings the blanket to my chin.

- Well, if you need me, I'll be downstairs, okay? I nod and my father kisses my forehead, caressing my hair at the same time before standing up and leaving my bedroom.

I continue watching the movie, my eyelids feeling heavy. I fall asleep quickly and weakly again before being awakened by a song, indicating the end of the movie. I jump scared and sigh after realizing that it is only the noise coming from my computer. I stop the movie and turn off the machine before puting it on the side. I lay back down and close my eyes to rest a bit more. I do feel a bit better but I still feel weak. I'm actually glad to just feel crappy and not having my emotions to deal with right now. I take a deep breath in and out when, suddenly, a hand covers my mouth. I immediately open my eyes, trying to scream at the same time when I see Elijah. He places his finger over his mouth, telling me to stay quiet. I frown confused at the Original and stop trying to scream for help. The Original vampire takes his hand off my mouth and stays still next to my bed. I open my mouth to speak with the man before me but he places his finger back to his mouth. Elijah shows me his ear, telling me that the brothers will hear us talking. I look at him, understandingly. Elijah gets his phone out and types something on the screen. What is he doing? I sigh and look away when I hear my phone buzzing. I take it and discover a text message from the man. How did he got my number? I frown confused while opening the message.

- "Please, do not make a sound. I'm not here to hurt you. Get yourself ready, I'd love to show you a place in the woods that means a lot to me", it says in the message.

I look up at Elijah who faintly smiles at me. I nod and take the blanket off, not saying a word. I stand up but lightly lose my balance. Elijah grabs my arm, steadying me. The Original vampire frowns confused as I nod to thank him, not wanting to explain what happened this morning. We can't talk anyway... I grab some clean and warm clothes, go in my bathroom, put them on, do a messy bun and join Elijah's sides again. The Original vampire nods to me before stepping towards my window and jumping off. I follow him and jump off, landing on the ground on my feet. However, when I landed, my legs barely kept me up. Elijah rushed to help me as I winced in pain. He stares at me even more confused.

- What is happening to you, Gillian? He questions confused in a whisper. Are you feeling alright?

- Let's talk in the car to be more private, I suggest him, whispering back.

The Original vampire nods and leads me to his car that he parked outside the Salvatore property. Elijah never left my arm, like he was scared that I would fall. He enters the driver's side and I enter the passenger's side before I explain him what happened to me this morning. To my biggest surprised, the man didn't seem shocked or even surprised. He did seem confused though. It's almost like he already saw that before... Or maybe something similar. Elijah drives to Elena's home since he wants to pick her up as well. I guess I'm going to spend the day with them...

Stefan's P.O.V.

- How's Gillian? I hear, Damon asking me as he enters the living-room. I am standing in front of the fire place, my arms crossed while thinking.

- She's... weak, but she'll be fine. The fever is still up though. I don't know what happened to her this morning but I won't let her die, I respond, shaking lightly my head but not turning around to look at him.

- Who talked about death? Questions, my brother, talking like I was exaggerating. A small silence takes place between us in the room. I sigh as I feel powerless again. How can I help Gillian if I don't know what she has? Stefan, you saved her from a werewolf bite. You'll save her from a little vampi-flu, replies, Damon calmly and seriously.

- Vampire don't get sick, Damon. And we both know that, I answer firmly, staring at the fire as I make my point clear to him. Damon knows that it isn't normal, yet, he still does act like everything is going fine.

- You were worried, tells, my brother. I slowly turn around to look at him, lightly frowning.

- Excuse me?

- Oh, come on, Stefan. I know you. That crap thing going on with you, the no emotions thing is not working anymore... Not totally, at least. I can tell just by the way you look and act with your daughter. She's all you had, all you have and all you will always have. She'll always be your first and only child and you know that. That little girl's your whole life, I look down, knowing he is right. Why won't you admit it?

- What? I ask him, looking back up at my brother.

- That you were worried for her this morning and that, now, you are scared that something might be going on with her, I don't answer him and turn back to face the fireplace. I put my hands on the beam and let myself leaning on it. A slight silence takes place again in the room for a moment. Join me for a little victory drink? Suggests, Damon, changing the subject.

- Should wait until Klaus is dead, I answer, knowing what he was talking about while staring at the flames dancing together in the fireplace.

- Why are you so extra broody? Did you see the way we stood up to Elena? I like you on my team. Must have driven her nuts, questions and tells me, Damon. I turn back around and see him drinking a glass of blood. His other hand is holding another glass of blood.

- You still think she's gonna screw this up, don't you? I ask him, even though I already know the answer. That smell...

- I think somebody needs to talk to her. She's not gonna listen to anything I say, responds, Damon, lightly frowning.

- Is it because of your little sleepover? I question, mentioning Rebekah, as I watch my brother coming slowly towards me.

- It's not my fault she decided to get jealous, answers, Damon, lightly smirking.

- Well, given who you chose to sleep with, I would say it's one hundred percent your fault, I reply, faintly smirking back.

- Whatever. Did you a favor. Now, you can come in and sweep her off her feet, tells me, my older brother, smiling.

- Nah. She's better off without me. Sure as hell better off without you, Damon stops smiling and looks a bit hurt by my saying.

- Fine. Neither one of us gets her, he says before turning around and walking back to where he came from. Just make sure she doesn't screw up Esther's plan, reminds me, Damon before puting a glass of blood on a table and leaving the room. I look at it from the fireplace for a moment, but turn back around, not even touching it. The smell of the blood is intense, but I have to fight it...

Elena's P.O.V.

I was in my bedroom, even after Caroline and Bonnie walked out of my house. I just needed to think of everything that is happening, of Esther wanting to channel Bonnie and her mother with all their dead ancestors, of Jeremy being away and how much I miss him, of Stefan being without emotions, of what happened with Damon and now Rebekah,... It's just so much at once. It's like everything is out of control... I sigh when I hear someone knocking on the front door. I frown confused and get up from my bed to walk down the stairs. I wasn't waiting for someone... I open the front door and discover Elijah, standing outside and smiling to me.

- Elena, calls me, the Original vampire.

- Elijah, I answer back, smiling even though I wonder why he is here. I just hope he doesn't know about the fact that I lied to him.

- I don't mean to intrude. I was hoping you might accompany Gillian and I. I want to show you both something, I stare at him, frowning lightly confused. I look behind him and see Gillian sitting in the passenger side in his car. I nod to the Original vampire before taking my stuff and my jacket before following him. What is this now?

Gillian's P.O.V.

Elijah parks his car in the middle of the woods after driving for at least half an hour, if not more. I undo my seatbelt and exit the car, just like Elena and Elijah. My legs feel heavy. Where did he brought us? Why coming to the middle of nowhere? Couldn't we just talk somewhere else?

- Forgot how much I missed this land, tells, Elijah, looking around the land with amazed and happy eyes. Miss? Oh... I think I get it. He used to live her, back to a thousand years ago.

- I can't even imagine what it must have been like a thousand years ago, responds, Elena as the three of us begin to walk slowly around the woods.

- You know, your school was built over an Indian village. Where I saw my first werewolf. The town square was where the natives would gather to worship. Matter of fact, near that, there was a field where wild horses use to graze, explains, the Original vampire to the both of us. I look down at the ground while walking and weakly smile, imaginating how this period must have been. By the way Elijah speaks about it, it just sounds amazing. Even in his voice, we can hear the happiness of the period of his life.

- That's incredible, I tell him, looking up at the Original. Elijah stops, looks at me and faintly smiles before looking away.

- Come, says, Elijah to the both of us, walking forward quickly. He arrives next to some rocks, lightly covered of small branches and leaves that have fallen from the trees.

- Do you know this place too? I ask him, looking around. I slowly lean myself against a tree, slightly losing my balance. Not again...

- I do. Below us is a cavern I use to play in as a boy, I watch Elijah kneeling down and grabbing some dead twigs to play with it. Connects to a system of tunnels that stretch across the entire area. Perhaps it's nature's way of providing us with shelter against the savagery of the full moon. My mother said there must be a balance, he continues explaining us. He sounds so enthusiasm each times he mentions his past.

- Elijah, I should probably go home, suddenly, says, Elena, who is standing up next to me. I frown confused and look at her as I sense her uneasiness.

- I admire you, Elena. You two Gillian. You both remind me of qualities I valued long before my mother turned us, Elijah turns to us but I remark that he is staring at the brunette next to me... not me. It's not in your nature to be deceitful and yet when I asked about your meeting with my mother the other night, you lied to my face, I frown even more confused while turning to Elena. Is he talking about what I think he is?

- That's not true. I told you that all your mother wanted was a new start, replies, the brunette as I hear her heart skipping a bit. If I hear it, so does Elijah. I roll my eyes and shake my head while looking away.

- Damn it, Elena, I whisper madly, shaking my head. You're lying. We both can hear your heartbeats, I tell her, talking to her like it was obvious and like it is stupid to continue lying to the Original.

- Well, said, Gillian, tells me, Elijah, lightly smiling. I look up at him, when I remark that he is staring at the brunette again. Suddenly, I grip of the tree next to me, like I was about to fall. She's right. It jumps when you're being dishonest with me. You lied to me at the ball; you are lying to me now. Tell me the truth, says firmly, the Original vampire, approaching Jeremy's sister while talking with a threatening tone.

- I never wanted this to happen, whispers, the girl, sounding sorry and scared.

- What, Elena? questions seriously and madly, Elijah.

- We were told that whatever was going to be in that coffin was going to kill Klaus. When we found out that it was your mother... We didn't know what to think, responds, Elena, shaking her head as he breathing becomes more shaky. I close my eyes, not believing that she really just lied to an Original. What was she thinking? I mean, I know Esther linked all of them together, but she should have told him. Right?

- Since her return, she says she only wants this family whole again, replies, Elijah, looking around the woods, a bit confused.

- When she asked to see me, I... I thought that maybe she could help. That she would find a way to kill Klaus. It's not just Klaus that she wants to kill, begins to explain, Elena, her heartbeats getting more and more strong and fast.

- She wants to kill us all, doesn't she? She wants to undo the evil she created, states, the Original vampire, looking away madly.

- I'm so sorry, Elijah. I wish there was something I could do to help, apologizes, the brunette. I sigh, not knowing what to say at this right moment. Actually, I am more concentrating on not falling on the ground, weak, than trying to follow their conversation.

- You know, one thing I've learned on my time on this Earth... be careful what you wish for, I frown confused to his sudden comment. What was he meaning by that?

I glance at Elena who exchange a confused glance with me when Elijah, suddenly, breaks a hole into the Earth. What is he doing? The Original vampire pushes me inside, making me screaming, scared of the void I am falling in before landing hardly on the ground. I gasp and cough gravely as my head is spinning like crazy. I can't even sit upright. Suddenly, Elijah and Elena both land next to me, him holding the brunette. He throws her on the ground next to me before jumping up, exiting the cavern he threw us in. This is not happening... Why do I always have to be in those situation when it concerns Elena? Why is my life always on a thin line because of her? I slowly stop coughing when I remark Elena standing up. She takes her phone out and tries to find a signal. Her phone beeps, saying that there is no signal. Of course, there isn't... Or not much at least. We are underground. I sigh and slowly sit up, trying to keep my balance.

- I think you can jump us out of here. If Elijah did it, you can do it, tells me, Elena, looking up at the whole.

- No, I can't, I answer her with a small voice.

- What... yes, you can. You're a vampire, she replies, looking down at me with a confused frown. I mean, there must be something you can do, hum...

- Elena, Elena, I call the girl twice, making her stop talking and looking down at me. She sounded so scared and nervous. I try to get up but I miserably fail. The brunette knees next to me while puting her hand on my shoulder.

- Are you okay? she questions confused and concerned.

- Elena... I can't jump back up because I am sick, I tell her which caused her to frown even more confused.

- What do you mean "sick"? she asks me, lightly shaking her head.

- I don't know but since the ball... Something happened there and I don't know what. I have no memory of what happened. Esther wanted to see me, so I went to her study. But then, it is just a black hole, I explain her in a whisper, feeling weak.

- Wait, so she... cast a spell on you or something like that? questions Jeremy's sister, still confused and now looking surprised.

- I don't know, I answer her, shrugging and shaking my head. But, if she did, then it means that she is trying to kill me little by little. Started by pins and needles in my body, then throwing up, feeling extremely weak at moments, now... Who knows what will happen to me next.

- Okay, well, try to rest the best you can, I'll... I'll try to find a way out, she tells me, sounding nervous and scared. The brunette stands back up and tries her phone again. I lay on the ground completely and close my eyes. I think, if I stay awake a bit longer, I'm going to faint.

Damon's P.O.V.

- I haven't seen Elena since this morning, tells me, Alaric over the phone.

- Well, she's not answering her phone, I tell him, making him understand that it isn't just him. I'm guessing someone took it really hard that I slept with an Original blondy...

- Well, I'm surprise you have time to call, what with all this Original sex you've been having, replies, Alaric with sarcasm. It's almost like I can tell he was smirking.

- Ugh... she told you?! I ask and state with surprised.

- Oh, she told me.

- Oh, really? Did she also tell you that she's having an attack of conscience about this whole Original murder thing? I question him upset before finishing my glass of Bourbon in one swallow.

- Hey, listen, I'm not gonna judge her for having a conscience, tells me, the teacher.

- Well, you don't have to judge her. Just tie her up, lock her in her room, till this is over, I suggest him.

- Well, I wouldn't if I could and I can't because I'm busy, answers, Alaric.

- Busy doing what? I question, frowning and talking confused.

- Don't worry about it.

- Are you with the sexy, psycho doctor? I ask him, smirking but also frowning. I mean, do I have to remind him that the last time she and I talk, she vervained me and took some of my blood?

- Goodbye, Damon, tells me, Alaric before hanging up. I smirk when I see the glass of blood I let for Stefan earlier. He didn't touch it... He's doing it again. Suddenly, I hear Stefan coming in the living-room in a rush, looking nervous.

- Damon, Gillian's gone and I can't reach her on the phone.

Alaric's P.O.V.

- Sorry about that, I apologize to Meredith, smiling to the woman as the two of us are sitting at the bar at the Grill.

- Does he still think I'm a serial killer? questions, the doctor, half-smiling.

- He's a little judgmental, I answer her.

- Speaking of. Your x-rays were inconclusive. Your knife wound was already semi-healed. It's impossible to tell anything about whoever stabbed you. Short, tall. Left-handed, right-handed. No clue, explains me, the brunette doctor, looking serious.

- Well, what about my head? Why can't I remember anything about the attack? I ask her, frowning confused. It's already scary to know I died because someone stabbed me but it is even more when I can't remember who did it.

- Your CT scans were clear. Maybe you were compelled to forget, she whispers, looking herself confused.

- Wait... you think the killer's a... I look around, making sure nobody is around us or could hear me saying the next two words, a vampire? I whisper with a lower tone.

- There are no other suspects. It's the obvious conclusion, she answers me in a whisper when I feel someone coming behind me.

- Oh come on now, I turn around and discover Klaus with... probably one of his siblings. Let's not go blaming the new family in town just because you lot have got yourselves a killer at large. Don't mind us. My brother and I are just here to let off some steam, right Kol? I look at the other Original and remark him staring at Meredith.

- Right, answers, Klaus's brother, while eyeing Meredith. I look at the woman next to me and see that she is looking uncomfortable. Wait... Do they know each other?

Bonnie's P.O.V.

- Who's the creepy, lurky guy? questions, Abby to me as the two of us are approaching the Old Abandoned House in the woods. Esther and her son, Finn, are both standing in front of it, waiting and looking at the both of us approaching them slowly.

- Esther's son, Finn, he's a vampire so... I answer her in a whisper before pointing at my ear, telling her he can hear us. Abby nods, understandingly.

- Wonder what your Grams thinks about the part we're playing in all of this balance of nature stuff, tells me, Abby.

- She's probably on the other side, screaming about getting involved with vampire business, I respond faintly smiling. It's like I can still hear my Grams telling me to stay away from all kind of vampire business. wslowly but surely reach the house.

- Bennett witches. Thank you for coming, greets us, Esther, smiling and stepping forward to join us. I can think of no better allies than the woman who sent Mikael into his long sleep and the girl who fought Niklaus so bravely, she says, still smiling and looking mainly at me.

- Why exactly did you invite us here? questions, my mother to the Original witch.

- You are the descendants of the witch Ayana. She was a great mentor of mine and I think it's only fitting that I draw from her bloodline, answers, Esther, still smiling and looking at my mother this time. Is she saying the truth?

- So are you channeling our ancestors? I ask her, frowning confused.

- I draw from the entirety of the Bennett bloodline, living and dead. The connection affords me great power, although it is somewhat difficult to maintain, which is why I require you, mother and daughter, explains, the mother of the Originals. The bloodline made manifest. Tonight, my sisters, Esther grabs my hand and my mother's hand, unifying us three together, we shall bring peace to the spirits of nature that we serve and for that I thank you.

Gillian's P.O.V.

Elena and I are walking around the underground tunnels, trying to find a way out. I have my hand on the wall of the cavern as I do not feel well. My balance is getting worst and worst, my legs feel heavier than before and are shaking at times, sometimes I feel like my blood is boiling which makes me sweating,... I just feel like I am being poisoned. Elena is in front, following the tunnels. I sigh, feeling exhausted when I trip over a rock, causing me to fall on my knees.

- Hey, are you okay? asks, Elena to me, rushing to my sides to help me up.

- Yeah, yeah, I'm fine, I answer her as she helps me getting up. I pass my hand over my face taking some sweat off. I'm just exhausted and I feel really weak. Each time I take a step, I feel my legs shaking, I tell her, looking at the brunette. I see her looking at me with surprised and almost terrified. I frown confused. What?

- You, hum... you're changing, she tells me. I touch my skin under my eyes and feel the veins popping out. I didn't even feel them coming up. I hide my face, turning around so my back is now facing her and take deep breaths in and out to calm down. Hey, it's okay. I know you won't hurt me. I... I trust you, I turn back around after a small moment, looking at her with a surprised and confused glance.

- You trust me?

- Well, despite everything we both went through and despite what I... I did to you, being selfish, slapping you, wanting the brothers... you know... Kind of for myself, hating your mother,... You were always there to help and save me, even when you hated me... Or when I didn't deserve it, I nod slowly and lightly while looking down. I don't know if I am hallucinating this conversation, but if I'm not, I think it is just weird... Good, but weird. I should probably thank you for all those times and excuse myself for everything I've done to you.

- Don't worry about it. Thank me whenever we will reach the outside... If I'm not dead before, I whisper the last sentence while sighing before I begin to step forward again.

- Don't say that! tells me, Elena while joining my sides again. You'll be fine. It's just... a bad day, she says, not even sounding sure of herself.

- Elena, vampires can't get ill, so, either I was poisoned or someone cast a spell on me. Either way, I am dying, I respond to the girl. I hear her sighing as the both of us arrive near the end of a tunnel.

- Hey, look! tells me, the brunette before starting to run to the end of another tunnel. I look up, screaming at her to wait for me. Someone is here... Not Elena, someone else. I can sense the presence. I take my hand of the wall to follow Elena when, suddenly, the brunette gasps, scared. I see Rebekah standing in front of her, blocking her way. I knew someone was here...

- Going somewhere? questions, the Original vampire to Elena.

- What are you doing here? asks, Jeremy's sister.

- Not much. Unless you try to run. In which case, I get to kill you, responds, Rebekah, smirking to Elena. I approach them slowly, feeling dizzy. Everything in this caverns is moving around. The ground feels pouting under my feet. My breath is suddenly becoming hard and cut, like someone is trying to make me stop breathing. Not now... Gillian, you don't look too good, tells me, Rebekah, losing her smile and looking at me. I see Elena turning on the side to look at me with a concerned frown.

- No, no, I'm fine, I answer in a whisper, puting my hand on my chest and rubbing it, hoping it will make it easier for me to breath. I just... I collapse on the ground, my breathing going from irregular and hard breaths to short ones. It's like the air doesn't want to come in my lungs anymore.

- Gillian! calls me, Elena, kneeing next to me. It's okay, it's... Oh my God, I look at the brunette turning around to look at Rebekah with a mad frown. What is happening to her?

- How should I know? asks, Rebekah, frowning back to Elena as she shakes her head.

- You're mother did something to her at the ball, tell me so I can help her! almost screams, Elena, as I struggle to breath. I feel the stress rising up inside me. However, I am not scared. But I don't want to die like this... I don't want to die at all...

- El... Ele... Elena, I call the brunette between my short breaths which made her turn her head back to look at me. My... my... my da... she frowns confused, trying to understand what I am saying. Call... my fa... father, she takes her phone out and types on the screen before puting her phone to her ear.

- What are you doing? questions, Rebekah, sounding furious.

- Calling her father. He'll know how to calm her down. Since you apparently don't want to help, I try to find a solution, she answers to the Original vampire, talking madly to her. I just hope we will have some signal... I hear Rebekah sighing before she comes to my sides. The girl lifts me up so I sit upright. However, my breathing is becoming even worst. I roll the best I can to be on my knees while the blonde Original vampire holds me. I can feel Elena's hand rubbing my back when I hear my father answering her call.

Stefan's P.O.V.

- I can't find Elena anywhere. And I looked everywhere for Gillian and she's nowhere to be find either, I tell to my brother as I enter the boarding house, feeling nervous and mad. I promise you, Damon, I'm going to torture and kill slowly the person who took my daughter away... I cut myself in mid-sentence, after entering the living-room where my brother is standing and remarking Elijah sitting in one of our armchairs. He is sitting by the fireplace, half smirking. What is he doing here?

- Hello, Stefan, greets me, Elijah, smiling evily.

- He has them, informs me, Damon, staring furiously at the Original.

- Actually, they're with Rebekah. As you can imagine, my sister is just dying to tear Elena's throat out. But do not worry for Gillian. She's not the one who stabbed her back, smirks, Elijah. So... if you want to save both their life, I need you to help me stop my mother.

- I'm a little embarrassed to admit, but when it comes to killing thousand year old resurrected witches, I'm a little rusty, responds, Damon, smiling fakely and humorlessly to the Original.

- Yes, unfortunately, even when killed my mother doesn't seem to want to stay dead. Not with the spirits of nature at her side, answers, Elijah.

- So, what are we supposed to do? I question him, frowning confused when I hear my phone ringing. Both men look at me with a confused frown. I take my phone out and immediately answer the call after seeing that it is Elena calling. Elena, where are you? Is my daughter with you? I ask her quickly and maybe a bit nervous.

- Stefan, we need your hep! Gillian is having trouble breathing and I don't know how to calm her down nor if we can but she asked me to call you, she informs me rapidly, sounding scared and nervous. I look at Damon with wide eyes. My brother steps up to me, looking stressed, concerned and nervous before he gestures me to keep talking.

- Put me on speaker, I tell to the human brunette. I can hear my daughter trying to breath. Her short breaths sound so painful... Gillian, can you hear me?

- D... dad... hel... p me, I hear her demanding me with a weak, nervous and almost scared voice. Almost...

- Hey, it's okay, alright? I want you to close your eyes and concentrate, baby, can you do that?

- Yes, she whispers through her short breaths. I close my eyes, hating to hear her in such pain and being away. I feel like I am never there when she is in strong pain.

- I want you to think of a moment in your life, the calmest, the bestest, the most peaceful moment you can remember, okay? I wait for an answer, knowing she is trying what I asked her. I look at Damon and then to Elijah who's eyes are looking worried. I frown lightly confused to the Original. I lower my phone to whisper to Elijah. Do you know what is happening with my daughter?

- I might have an idea, but I don't see why... begins to say, the Original, looking down as he is thinking. A slight silence takes place in the room before my brother breaks it.

- Why, what? questions, Damon, frowning madly.

- Did she have other symptoms? questions, Klaus's brother, frowning lightly.

- She threw up this morning, she was burning up and she was weaker than she should be. Almost like she had a flu, I answer him when I hear Elena calling me over the phone. I put my phone back to my ear while Damon and Elijah look back at me.

- Stefan, it's getting worst. You need to find something else, tells me, the brunette, sounding even more stressed and nervous. I shake my head, not knowing what to say. I can't do this... I can't help her while being like this. I sigh, frustrated and upset at myself before turning to Damon.

- Damon, I can't do it. You have to try, I whisper to him after taking my phone off my ear and covering the speaker so they won't hear me on the other side of the call.

- What? No, Stefan, she is your daughter. She asks for you, not me. You! You have to find a way to calm her down, responds, my brother seriously.

- But I can't help her while not being able to feel, I tell him, talking upset.

- Yes, you can! Stop acting like a baby and find a way to calm down your daughter, insists, Damon, pointing at my chest as he talks to me with a stern tone while frowning. Tell her a story that only you two know, remind her one of your best memory you two had together, a dream she never accomplished or maybe that she did, say something that she likes,... I don't know. Anything! suggests, my brother, frowning upset and concerned. I can still hear my daughter's bad breathing becoming even worst then a minute ago. I nod to my brother and put my phone back to my ear.

- Baby? I wait for her to answer but I don't hear anything. Baby? Hello? I look at my phone to see if the call ended. No, it didn't... Why aren't they answering. Elena, are you there? Gillian?

- We're here but... can't hear... much, I hear Elena answering. However, I couldn't hear her full answer as her voice was cut, almost like she was passing into a tunnel.

- Dad... help... please, I hear Gillian telling me through her short and rapid breaths. She's hyperventilating... Think Stefan, think!

- Hey, baby, do you remember when we both were at the top of that mountain to go watch the sunset? You were still a kid, probably six years old. I had to carry you most of the way up there because you were tired of climbing, I hear my daughter, faintly laughing as her breaths seem to slowly going back to normal. You kept complaining on how your little feet would hurt so I took you on my back to carry you. When we reach the top, we spent the afternoon together, playing various games. You were so happy that day, I can hear her still breathing with short breaths but they aren't as rapid as they used to be. I can still hear your laugh echoing. You used to run everywhere on the field, either wanting to catch a butterfly or wanting me to catch you. You were so excited that you even jumped on me, making me fall on my back and you on top of me. I was holding you, scared that you might bumped your head or just hurt yourself, even though I was laughing, I recount her, faintly smiling to the memory of that day.

- I remember... I hear her whispering, her breathing sounding a bit more normal than minutes ago. She still sounds like it is hard to breath but she seems to be able to take deep breaths now. I look up at Damon who weakly and sadly smiles before gesturing me to keep going. And it was... a cold night, tells, my daughter, still whispering.

- Yes, I gave you my jacket, which was three times too big for you, I say, chuckling as I remember my daughter wearing my jacket, looking like a little penguin in it. She was my cute little girl. I laid a blanket on the grass when the night was coming and I sat on it. I watched you gathering some flowers and playing with few of your toys before you came to me telling me you were cold. Then, I took my jacket off and I put it around you. And to warm you up faster, you sat between my legs and I rubbed your back and your arms. You kept laughing because of those crazy kisses I gave in your neck to tickle you. When the sun was setting down and you saw all the colors in the sky you told me...

- That the sky was made of cotton candy, she says as her breathing is almost normal. Her breathing isn't rapid, not jerky or short, it is deep and heavy, but calm. I smile sadly to the sound of her voice. I close my eyes, nodding even though I know she can't see me. It was one... of my best day.

- Mine too, I whisper, smiling.

- Thanks, daddy, she whispers. It's almost like I could tell she was smiling. I knew you'd know what to say.

- Are you sure you're alright? You're breathing isn't completely fine, I say while looking alternately at Damon and Elijah. My brother is staring at me while Elijah seems to still think, looking down at the floor with a frown.

- It'll pass... don't worry, dad. At least I am not in pain, she says, lightly laughing at the end, sounding like she tried to loosen the tention. Of course, she doesn't feel so she can't truly feel the pain... but she does feel it physically.

- Yeah, well, I say, not convinced of her saying, I want you to be careful. I love you, Lilou and that forever, I tell her. It has been so long since I used her nickname that it almost sounded weird. But I actually missed saying it. It feels warm and good to say it again. I faintly smile and look down.

- I love you too, daddy, she says after a moment. It almost like she needed a moment to realize how I just called her. Dad, can you come... I couldn't hear the end of her question that the phone call ended. I call my daughter before looking at the screen. They hang up...

- They hung up, I tell while looking at Damon with surprised.

- That's probably Rebekah, answers, Elijah. I walk up to the Original who stands up from the chair.

- What are we supposed to do? Tell us! Because I am not leaving my sick daughter suffering alone and wherever you hide them when there is something I can do to help and save her, I tell him madly while frowning with hatred as I face the man. I stand up in front of him, frowning with a threatening glance. Elijah nods as he walks passed me to put some distance between the two of us.

- The witches that released my mother, she's drawing her power from their bloodline, that line needs to be broken, explains, the Original, looking and sounding serious.

- Broken? I ask, confused, shaking my head and still frowning. Damon joins my sides while the two of us are staring at the Original vampire.

- Yeah, he means, I turn my head to look at Damon and see him making a cutting motion with his forefinger over his neck. Right...

- You want us to kill them, I state, looking back at Elijah and nodding.

- You know I'd do it myself, but I have absolutely no idea where they are. Besides, seeing me, they'd immediately know my intent. They won't expect to be harm by the likes of you. In any case, you have until six minutes after nine to find them, continues to explain and informs us, Elijah.

- Oh, how super specific of you, jokes, Damon, rolling his eyes and sounding annoyed and mad.

- By 9:07, the moon will be full, my mother will have the power she needs to kill me and my family. If you do not stop her before then, Rebekah will kill Elena and Gillian. If she isn't dead before... I frown with all madness at the man, hating how he talks about my daughter. She cannot die... How does he know all that anyway? So we all have our timeline? I suggest you get started, replies, Elijah before starting to walk away. However, I grab his arm and face the man, stopping him in his tracks. Elijah turns around and faces me with a frown.

- What do you know about what is happening to my daughter? And I thought Rebekah wouldn't touch my daughter, I ask him seriously, sternly and upset. Elijah stays quiet for a small amount of time, thinking. He smiles and retrieves his arm off my grip.

- All I know if that she is dying. My mother is probably taking her energy to have more powers... If it works, which seems to be the case. Your daughter, Stefan, is a strong but not immortal person. She is a vampire. She can't die unless she is staked or because of a spell, like now. To my mother's eyes, she is a monster against the balance of nature, I stare into his eyes, still frowning madly, darkly and full of hatred to the Original. I can feel Damon grabbing my arm to pull me away from standing so near to Elijah, like he is preventing me to not do a mistake that I would regret. Let's just say that what my mother did to her, is only a warning of what is going to happen to all vampires whenever my siblings and I will die, Elijah looks one last time at my brother before turning around to reach the front door. As for Rebekah, he says opening the front door, she'll do what she has to do. He walks out of the boarding house, under our eyes.

Elena's P.O.V.

- Alright, love, now look into the camera, tells me, Rebekah as she is holding up a cellphone. I am standing up in the middle of the dark cavern while Gillian is sitting on the ground, her back against a rock with her eyes closed. It's a good thing that Stefan managed to calm her down despite the bad signal. It was a luck that we could hear him... I don't know what would have happened to her...

- What are you doing? I ask to the Original vampire, frowning more upset than confused.

- Shooting a picture to inspire your boyfriends, responds, Rebekah, insisting on the "s" at the end of the word "boyfriends". I lightly roll my eyes, annoyed. Why don't you tell them how delightful it is being stuck in a hole with your biggest fan? she questions with sarcasm and hatred in her voice.

- I guess you think I had this coming, huh? After what I did to you? I ask her, ignoring her question which caused Rebekah to sigh annoyed and to lower down the phone.

- You know, I don't know what I want more, to find out we're saved or to find out it's alright to kill you, replies, the blonde Original, shaking her head as she sounds serious. Her lips are faintly curving into a smirk.

- This isn't my fault. I wanted to get rid of Klaus. At one point, so did you, the girl loses her smirk as I remind her what we did together. I didn't know that your mom was planning on killing all of you.

- Do you think I want to spend what could be the last few hours of my life having idle chit-chat with a girl who literally stabbed me in the back? Of course not, she tells me before, suddenly, raising her voice, talking with an angry tone. She approaches me, getting right in front of my face while staring at me with her darkest stare. But for some reason, everybody seems to want to bend over backwards to save your life, even the Salvatore daughter, which is incredibly annoying, but makes you the perfect hostage, Rebekah stays silent for a few seconds, staring at me. I stare at her as well, trying to hide my scaredness and nervousness the best I can. So, why don't you sit down and shut up before I ruin everything by ripping your head off, tells me, or more ordered me, Rebekah with a stern tone. I back away from her slowly, before sitting next to Gillian. The ill vampire slightly opens her eyes to look at me. I weakly nod, telling her that everything is alright, even though I am lying. Gillian is so weak that her head falls back on the rock as her eyes are closed again.

Stefan's P.O.V.

I am standing in front of the freezer, down in the basement, looking inside it where all the blood bags are. I haven't drink blood on human since a long time... I actually haven't really drink any human blood or just blood since a while... since the "almost" accident with Elena. I sigh and take one bag out before staring at it. I have to drink today... tonight. For my little girl and Elena. Gillian wasn't well at all this morning. I did saw her sick before, especially when she was human and when she was bitten by Tyler. But this morning seemed different. When I received that phone call, hearing her bad, irregular and short breaths, hearing her hyperventilating, it almost made me lose my control. I wanted to rip Elijah when I learned that he took them away, and I wanted to rip him off even more when I heard how bad my daughter's state is. I truly didn't know how to calm her down without my emotions. But remembering that memory... I don't think it only calm Gillian down, it might have affected me a little bit as well. I hate being away when my daughter isn't feeling alright, especially when I don't know exactly what she has. I am still staring at the blood bag when I, suddenly, open it after few seconds. I do it because I need to save my daughter and Elena, not because I want to...

- Clock's ticking, I hear Damon saying as he enters the basement. I turn my head and look at my brother who stays near the entrance. You gonna help me brainstorm a plan or are you too busy fixing yourself a snack? he questions, sounding nervous and mostly upset.

- We need to call Bonnie, I tell him, closing the freezer at the same time. There's got to be a way for her to stop Esther from channeling all that power.

- A. What if she's with Esther? B. What if she can't cut her off? C. I don't know how any of this stuff works and D. neither do you! responds, Damon, frowning at me like it was obvious what he said. My brother steps up towards me.

- You got a better plan? I ask him, smiling fakely.

- Worst case scenario, simple mechanics. Can't draw power from a dead battery, explains, Damon, looking and sounding serious. I nod, understanding immediately what he is refering to.

- Kill them.

- If it comes to that, replies, my brother before taking the blood bag out of my hand and starting to suck out some blood to feed himself. I look away, annoyed and kind of not ready to drink blood again. I really, really don't want to do it. But my daughter's life is in danger... Damon hands me back the blood bag and I snatch it from his hand, sighing as I walk passed him.

- There's got to be another way, I whisper, shaking my head as I pace around the basement.

- Well, what if I told you I had a less diabolical plan, suggests, Damon, holding up a silver dagger. I stop and stare at the object before looking at my brother with serious.

- You want to dagger Elijah! I state with surprised while frowning lightly confused.

- They're all linked. One goes down, they all go down. The witches live, Elena and my sweet little ill niece are safe, problem solved, answers, Damon, shrugging and nodding.

- We don't know if that'll effect Klaus, I tell him, unsure of that plan.

- Ironically, Klaus isn't our current problem, replies, Damon, sounding annoyed.

- Dagger is lethal to any vampire who uses it, I remind him seriously as I face completely my brother again.

- Well, I just so happen to know someone crazy enough to give it a shot, he informs me, smirking.

Alaric's P.O.V.

- Yeah, no, they're still here, I inform Damon over the phone while glancing at Klaus and that Kol guy sitting at the bar of the Grill. Meredith and I let them there to go play some pool and be away from them. Yeah, they've drank their way through half the Grill's liquor supply.

- Good. It'll be easier if they're wasted, responds, Damon.

- So, what's the plan? I ask.

- Divide and conquer. First, we'll need a little blonde distraction, I frown confused to his answer when I see Caroline entering the Grill. Oh he didn't... I hang up when Caroline remarks me. She faintly nods at me before stepping further inside the Grill, leading herself toward the bar where the Originals are sitting.

Caroline's P.O.V.

I enter the Grill and step up toward Klaus and Kol who both at sitting at the bar. I saw Alaric near the pool tables with that doctor next to him. It's almost weird to see them together. Anyway... I walk up toward the bar, keeping an annoyed sigh inside me. I can't believe I am doing what Damon asked me to do. He is lucky it is for a diabolical plan.

- I remember her from last night, I hear Kol saying to Klaus while pointing at me. I look away, like I haven't remarked them and keep walking. She looks like a tasty little thing.

- Say another word and I'll tear out your liver, warns and threats, Klaus to his brother. I see Kol smirking. I walk up few steps and pass next to the bar. Caroline! greets me, Klaus which got me to stop walking.

- Oh, it's you, I say, stopping in front of them, crossing my arms over my chest and not looking happy to see him.

- Join us for a drink? proposes, The Original Hybrid, lightly smiling to me, almost looking nervous.

- Mmm, I'd rather die of thirst, I answer after a small moment, looking up like I was thinking. But thanks, I turn around and walk back from where I came in the Grill.

- Isn't she stunning? I hear him whispering to Kol. I swear, it is almost like I can tell he was smiling.

- She certainly looks good walking away from you, responds, Kol with sarcasm.

- I'll take that as a challenge, answers, Klaus, puting his drink down. Let's the plan begin for real this time. I walk out of the Grill as I hear Klaus following me behind. I walk across the road, holding my handbag when I hear a car horning behind me but no thud. Klaus... I roll my eyes lightly. Caroline! I hear Klaus calling me.

- Are you serious? I ask annoyed as I stop and turn around to look at the Original Hybrid. Take a hint, I turn back around and begin to walk away from him again. However, Klaus is still following me, I can hear his rapid steps.

- Don't be angry, love. We had a little spat. I'm over it already, replies, Klaus, trying to make me change my mind.

- Ah, well, I'm not, I answer, my back still facing him. I stop walking, knowing it is no point for me to keep walking.

- How can I quit myself? questions, Klaus, sounding sincere and serious despite his charming smile. I turn around to look at the man.

- You and your expensive jewelry and your romantic drawings can leave me alone, I respond seriously and annoyed at his question.

- Oh, come on, take a chance, Caroline, I smile humorlessly as I look away and shake my head. He is not going to give up... Talk to me, I watch the Origianl Hybrid sitting on the bench next to us, smiling. Come on, get to know me. I dare you.

- Fine, I answer after a moment of silence. I sit down next to him as I let a small yet quiet sigh out. I can feel Klaus's eyes burning me with love. It's annoying but... I also kind of like it? No, I can't like it. And I love Tyler anyway... So, what do you wanna talk about?

- I want to talk about you, I smile and shake my head while staring at the street. Your hopes, your dreams, everything you want in life.

- Just to be clear, I'm too smart to be seduced by you, I tell him, looking into his eyes and smiling.

- Well, that's why I like you, replies, Klaus, smiling back.

Bonnie's P.O.V.

Abby, Esther, her son and I are all four of us standing outside the old abandoned house, under the light of the almost full moon. Finn is lighting up the torches around as a pentagram on the ground was made of salt that Esther did. It's crazy because I want to channel my ancestors, I want to know more about my family and the powers but it also feels weird. Maybe not wrong... I don't think so at least, but it definitely feels weird knowing that I am going to do it with the ennemi.

- The pentagram represents our connection to magic. The salt is a symbol of the Earth, explains, Esther to my mother and I as we watch Finn still lighting up the torches.

- The torches? I ask.

- Five torches. One for each of my children, she continues explaining when I see Finn looking up at his mother. Esther looks at her son, almost showing culpability. Almost, but she's not.

- What's the spell you're doing? I question.

- As the witch who cast the spell that made them vampires, I can also reverse it. When they become human again, they can be killed. As they are linked as one, my brave Finn will be the sacrifice, explains us, Esther before Abby and I look at Finn with a slight disbelief in our eyes. With his death, will come theirs.

- And you're just willing to die? questions, Abby to the Original vampire lighting up the last torch.

- My mother has released me from an eternity of shame. It's not a sacrifice, it's a gift, answers, Finn, speaking seriously while looking at my mother and I alternately. I stare at him, thinking it is insane.

Kol's P.O.V.

- A woman of your caliber ought to choose more suitable company, I tell to the woman that was sitting at the bar with that Alaric guy that my brother talked about. I walk up to her as she is playing some pool table. What's your name, love? I ask her, smirking while holding my stick, waiting to play.

- None of your business, she answers, sounding annoyed and upset after shooting and aiming right.

- Let's try that again. I'll start. I'm Kol, I tell and present myself to her, still smirking. She walks around the table and I follow her.

- Why don't you get lost, Kol? she asks me, sounding totally not afraid nor impressed.

- And why would I do that? I like pretty little things with sharp tongues, I tell her as I see her puting the stick back in it place so other people can play. I follow her again standing behind her. She turns around to leave. However, before she could go anywhere, I block her way out. I attempt to touch her face but she slaps my hand away.

- I'm pretty sure she told you to get lost, I hear that Alaric guy telling me with madness as he walks up from behind me. I thought he was gone... Well, it's going to spice things up!

- I'm pretty sure I don't care, I answer him, smirking before turning around to look at the man. However, instead off talking, the man stabs me in my heart, causing me to groan of pain as I let my body fall onto him.

- Next time, take a hint, warns me, Alaric, in a whisper and with madness.

Elena's P.O.V.

Gillian has woke up few minutes ago and she seems even worst than earlier. Her skin is so white, her eyes are circled by a dark color as they are almost blood shot and she looks like she is cold. Her body is lightly shaking. I stare at her with a frown and with sympathy, wanting to help her. Suddenly, I hear Rebekah crying out in pain. I look up at the blonde Original vampire, who's bodie turns quickly grey with dark veins covering her skin before falling dead on the ground. I frown confused. Right after that, I hear Gillian gasping and touching her chest where her heart is. She looks in strong pain... yet, she is not crying. Rebekah is out, it's time to go, even if she is pain. the faster she'll be out, the best it will be for her.

- Are you okay? Can you stand? I ask Gillian rapidly, nervously and while puting her arm over my shoulders.

- I feel like someone just stabbed me in the heart or like someone is gripping my heart tightly, trying to smash it. Ahh! It hurts! She tells me, talking with harsh pain in her voice as she groans. I feel Gillian pushing on her legs as I help her stand up.

I hold her the best I can as the two of us lead ourselves toward the exit... which I hope it is. It's so dark in here that I don't know how we do to not trip over a rock or walk into a wall. Gillian continues groaning, almost screaming in pain when she falls on her knees. She's so weak... I stop and try to help her up again.

- No, stop, stop, she says, still gripping onto her heart while taking deep breaths in and out. It's useless. I'm slowing you down. Rebekah wants you dead, not me. You have to go hide and... AHH!

- I'm not letting you alone here, come on! Get up! I tell her sternly and firmly as I pass her arm around my shoulders again. Gillian sighs and groans as she pushes on her legs again to stand back up. I catch her the best I can as her legs gave up. She gives all her energy to try to stay up before the two of us continue to quickly walk across the caverns. Please, let it be the exit at the end...

Bonnie s P.O.V.

I am watching Finn standing in the middle of the pentagram with all five torching lighten up. I have my arms crossed as I frown, waiting for the full moon to appear when the Original vampire, suddenly, gasps and falls on the ground, dead. What the hell...? What just happened to him? I widen my eyes of surprised and confusion before looking at Esther on my right.

- Something's wrong, tells, Esther, frowning confused while looking around nervously.

Klaus's P.O.V.

- What is it? asks me, Caroline, sounding confused after I abruptly stood up from the bench, my hand over my heart. It suddenly hurt. Like I was being staked. What is happening? What is she doing to me?

- What did you do? I ask her, frowning upset.

- Nothing, answers, the blonde vampire, still frowning with confusion but also upset. Caroline gets up and I grab her shoulders forcefully.

- What did you do?! I repeat madly.

- I didn't do anything. Stop it! she responds, frowning suddenly scared of me. She looks around, avoiding my stare for few seconds before looking back at me. I calm down and release my grip when I remember that I didn't come here alone.

- Kol! I whisper kind of to myself while turning around to look at the Grill.

Damon's P.O.V.

- Tell your sexy doctor "Good work"! I say to Alaric while Stefan and I join the teacher in an alleyway, at the back of the Grill. Alaric is dragging Kol's dead body with all his human strength. The history teacher turns his head around to look at us when he glares at me, not amused. Suddenly, Klaus rushes over to him, coming from nowhere. He undaggers his brother and knocks Alaric against the wall. I see Stefan trying to attack Klaus but the Original Hybrid knocks him out against a wall as well, before he could do anything.

- I should have killed you months ago, threats me, Klaus, frowning madly at me.

- Do it. It's not going to stop Esther from killing you, I reply to him in a daring tone.

- What did you say about my mother? questions madly, Klaus while approaching me slowly but surely.

- You didn't know I was friends with your mummy? Yeah, we have a lot in common. She hates you as much as I do, I ask and tell him with sarcasm while smirking. I know it's going to piss him off and that's what I want. Suddenly, Klaus was about to attack me, his face all vamp-out... or hybrid-out, whatever we say, ready to kill me. However, before he could do a move, Elijah's voice is heard.

- Leave him! demands and warns, Elijah to his brother. Klaus's face goes back to normal quickly before he turns around to look at his vampire brother, standing at the top of the stairs. We still need them, Niklaus.

- What did mother do? Elijah doesn't answer to his brother's question but stares at him. What did she do, Elijah? repeats, the Original Hybrid, losing patience. I watch Elijah walking down the stairs as he takes his phone out of his pocket. He passes next to my brother who looks at the Original vampire with a frown. Elijah walks up to me, holding his phone.

- You tell me where the witches are or I'll have my sister kill Elena right now. And if it isn't an enough warning, maybe I should tell her to rip Gillian's heart out. That would put her out of her misery right now, wouldn't it?, tells and threats me, the Original vampire, smirking as he comes standing in front of me. I can see behind both Original brothers, Stefan frowning with angriness and hatred. He tries to stay calm, I can tell. I frown angrily as well to him, hating when he threats the life of the two girls.

- Misery? Who and what are you talking about Elijah? questions, Klaus with a confused frown and tone.

- Mother did a spell on Gillian Salvatore and she's killing her slowly, answers, the Original vampire to his brother without even turning around to look at him. Instead, he just stares at me with a smirk. Klaus's expression goes from upset to madness and then angriness. I think I will never understand what is going on between Gillian and Klaus. Their relationship is so weird and... unexpected. Why caring so much about her when he knows who her parents are? I sigh and look up at the clock tower and see that it's 8:30.

- You told me we had until after nine, I remind Elijah after a small silence.

- I'm sure Rebekah will be more than happy to start her work early, replies, Elijah, still staring at me and smirking.

Gillian's P.O.V.

Elena is still holding me the best she can but I can tell that she struggles not to give up. I am still holding my heart when the pain, suddenly, eased up. I don't know what happened. I don't know why I was affected at the same time as Rebekah was. I saw the Original blonde vampire on the ground, her skin covered of dark grey veins. I guess someone stabbed one of the Original which was linked with the rest of his siblings. I know Esther linked all Originals together but... could she have done it to me too? If she did, I would obviously be dead by now... Unless the spell is preventing me from dying like that since she apparently needs my energy. I can hear Elena breathing breathless due to the running and holding me.

- Come on, whispers, the brunette as we enter another tunnel. How many tunnels are there here?

- You can't hide, Elena! suddenly, tells, Rebekah. Elena accelerates her pace but trips and falls, taking me in her fall. I bump my head on the ground which got me to be light-headed. Not again... everything is spinning. Not sure why I'm feeling under the weather. Must be your boys trying to find a loophole. Won't matter, I could chase you down on my worst day, says, the blonde Original vampire. Why not talking to me? Why only Elena? Is she really that revengeful against the brunette? Elena gets up, grabbing my arm to help me. However, I fall back on the ground, too weak and too dizzy. She tries to help me again but I shake my head, despite the dizziness and push her, making her fall in a cave where there are Native American drawings on the walls. An open coffin is there. I can't keep going anymore... Elena looks at me with a confused frown when Rebekah suddenly appears in front of me, looking down at the brunette. Boo! smirks, the Original vampire. I watch her stepping forward to enter the cave but she stops, blocked by an invisible shield. What? You little bitch! What is this? insults and asks, Rebekah with madness. Oh no... I lower my head, feeling bad. My earing quickly disappear, making me deaf for a moment. I can't hear anything but I can see what is happening. I don't feel good at all. The dizziness increases. Suddenly, I see Rebekah turning around and hitting me in the head, making darkness surrounding me.

Alaric's P.O.V.

- No, no, no, no, tells me, Meredith as she comes back from her kitchen with an ice pack in her hands. I was trying to get up but she pushes me back down into the armchair.

- Listen, Elena and Gillian are still out there. I need to go find them, I tell her seriously, thinking and worrying for them. I know I haven't talk with Gillian lately due to her lack of emotions but I still care about her.

- Shut up, stay seated, you might have a concussion, she tells me, puting the ice pack on my head before looking for something on the small table in front of me.

- So this is your place, huh? Kind of a slob, I say, changing the subject, while looking around the room.

- Housekeeping is not high on my priority list, she answers, smiling.

- I see that.

- Look at me, I look up at her when she shines a light into my eyes. Pupillary response is normal, she says, nodding and sitting in front of me. I nod before trying to sit up. Oh hell... I groan and shut my eyes in pain. You might have a broken rib, Great, no concussion but a broken rib... Could be worse though. I sigh, annoyed and tired.

- That kind of sucks, getting my ass kicked on a date, I joke, lightly chuckling.

- That's what you get. Picking fights with guys thirty times your age, answers, Meredith, chuckling as well. I smile and laugh, despite the pain while nodding. Rest. Damon and Stefan are going to take care of Elena and Gillian. I am going to take care of you, she tells me gently, nodding again and still smiling. I sigh quietly this time as I take her hand in mine and smile.

Stefan's P.O.V.

- So how do we know they're going to be at the Old Witch House? questions to me, Damon, after parking his car in the middle of the woods and near the Old Witch House where Bonnie, her mother, Esther and her son should be.

- We don't. But if they're not, then we have about ten minutes until Rebekah tears Elena apart and rips Gillian's heart out, I answer him. I was about to exit the car when Damon stopped me, speaking back.

- You know, if we sit this out, Esther completes her spell, Klaus dies, you get your revenge. It's what you wanted the whole time, I look away, knowing he is right. The only collateral damages are...

- Elena and my daughter, I respond, sighing quietly.

- You know what they'd choose, tells me, Damon, looking away as well.

- They might not always get along but they both have a commun point. They'd let themselves be killed to save their friends, I tell him as I think of both girls. I might not feel but I can't let that happened.

- Or family. Yep, nods lightly, my brother.

- Hm. If we do this, it'll wreck Elena.

- Well, technically, Gillian will be wrecked at some point as well, I frown confused at him. Oh come on, Stefan, don't tell me you didn't see how that Original vampire looked at her at the ball. It was disgusting to see Kol dancing with her, but they seem to well get along. Too well if you want my opinion, I lightly roll my eyes even though I know he is right. And she has a special connection with Klaus as well, I nod. They'll hate us. Thing is, Elena only has to hate one of us. Only one of us has to do the actual deed.

- And Gillian? I ask him, hiding my fear and nervousness. Just the thought of my daughter hating me... just the tought of my daughter dying is too much. I look at Damon but instead of answering my question, looks down. Right... that says everything. I shake my head and look away. I love them both, Damon, but my daughter passes first. She'll always be first. You might not believe me because of my... lack of emotions lately. But I can't have her hating me, I can't have her gone either, I stare at Damon who frowns with some sadness. If she's gone tonight... if my babygirl dies tonight... I'll die too, Damon. I cannot live without her. I couldn't before and I most certainly cannot today, I whisper, shaking my head. My brother stares at me for a moment, his eyes showing that he understands me. I let a heavy breath out before looking away in the woods. Anyway, who's it going to be, brother? Suddenly, my brother pulls out a coin from his pocket. I look back at him, frowning lightly.

- Well, heads I do it, tails you do it, he says while showing me both sides of the coin.

- Awful lot of effort for someone who pretends not to care about her any more, I tell him, talking about Elena.

- Pot, kettle, brother, responds, Damon, rolling his eyes. I watch him flipping the coin, catching it and putting it on top of his other hand. I'm kind of nervous on who it will fall. I want to do it to revenge my daughter and Elena... but mostly my daughter because of what is happening to her right now. But I also don't want them to hate me... It's hard and confusing. I guess, it's better that they hate me but are still alive than gone. I'm just willing to do whatever I have to do even if it means them hating me. Damon removes his hand to show me the result. Right...

Elena's P.O.V.

I turn on a flashlight that I found in the cave and search for an exit. Gillian is still unconscious on the ground. Rebekah knocked her well out which surprised me on the moment. Well, I hope it is just Rebekah's hit that made her faint and not something else. I don't know where Rebekah went to, but she should come back soon. I have to go before she comes back. But I have to get Gillian out as well. Maybe I should get help to get her out? I look through the entrance of the tunnel with the flashlight. I light up the unconscious vampire's head when I remark that her skin is even whiter. She looks... dead. I gasp when I hear and see Rebekah coming back. She is holding a canister filled with gasoline.

- Elena! Let's pick it up where we left off, tells me, Rebekah before throwing the gasoline on me.

- What are you doing? I ask her while backing away and frowning. Rebekah pours more gasoline around the rest of the cave.

- Thought I'd shake things up a bit, replies, the blonde Original vampire.

- Are you insane? I ask her while frowning madly.

- I prefer spontaneous. It's probably why Damon likes me so much, I frown even more angry when she throws the canister at me with her vampire strength and speed. I duck down in time, dodging the canister which hits the back wall instead. I frown angrily as I turn back to look at the Original vampire. Rebekah smiles evily at me before pulling out a match. Here's what's gonna happen, she lights the match and throws it into the cave, starting the fire. You're gonna come outside, she lights another match and throws it into the cave, starting another fire. Or you're going to stay in there and burn, I stare at her, looking at the Original vampire like she is crazy. The fire slowly burns itself out as I stay against the back wall. The next match is landing on you, she tells seriously. So, Elena, how does it feel to know that these may be your last moments? she asks after taking her phone out and recording a video of me again.

- I don't know, you tell me. You're the one whose mother's trying to kill you, I answer her, lightly shaking my head as I try to stay calm. It seems to be fine for now.

- You should be very careful what you say to me, warns me, Rebekah, smiling fakely.

- You're still wearing her necklace, I tell her, remarking the necklace around her neck. Rebekah looks down at it before looking back up at me.

- Do you want it? Is that your last request? She rips the necklace off her neck and throws it in the cave in front of me. Here. It's all yours.

- She's not doing this because she hates you, Rebekah. She told me that she... she just doesn't have another choice, I say to her.

- Spare me your pity, Elena, tells me, Rebekah, shaking her head. We're not girlfriends. Want me to prove it? Just say the word, threats me, the Original vampire while lighting up another match.

- You're not gonna do it, I tell her, after a small silence.

- And why is that? she questions, frowning madly.

- Because there's still a chance that you might be alive tomorrow. And if that's the case and you kill me now, you'll have used up all of your revenge. Wasted it and isn't that what you want? Revenge? Because I... I pretended to like you and then I stuck a dagger in your back. I mean, that's why you slept with Damon, isn't it? That's why you're tormenting me, because I hurt your feelings, I say while approaching her slowly, still being careful. We never know, she might throw the match on me which will burn my coat and than I immediately. Rebekah nods before dropping the match on the ground. I let a long but quiet breath out, feeling less nervous.

- The tough act doesn't suit you, she says with hatred.

- I never said I was tough. But we both know that I'm right, I reply, staring sincerely and seriously into her eyes. The Original vampire does the same, exchanging a long glance with me when the two of us suddenly hear Gillian gasping for air before coughing gravely. Gillian? I call Stefan's daughter as this one sits up, still coughing. I see Rebekah turning around, looking at Gillian with a confused frown. Suddenly, Stefan's daughter turns around, looking at us. Oh my God... I gasp, just like Rebekah, frowning horrified.

- I don't feel well, whispers, the vampire as her eyes, nose and ears are bleeding out. Gillian stands up... well, attempts to but fails, falling back on her knees. Rebekah rushes to Gillian and puts the girl against a wall so her back is resting on it and she won't fall back on the ground. If you want to rip my heart out... just do it... make the suffering stop, pleads, Gillian to the Original vampire in a whisper. Rebekah frowns sadly to the ill vampire before looking at me. I shake my head while staying in the cave. I can't get out, not yet... Gillian, suddenly, coughs gravely again before spitting some blood. She tries to regain her breath when she suddenly falls on the ground seizuring. Her body is shaking hardly as she keeps bleeding. Rebekah backs away, letting space between her and Gillian. She stares at the vampire with fear and confusion.

- What is happening to her? asks me, Rebekah, her voice full of fear.

- I don't know. You tell me! You're mother did this to her, I tell and remind her while staring at Gillina seizuring on the ground. After several long seconds, she stops shaking. Gillian's head falls on the side as blood is driping from her mouth this time. Rebekah approaches her again and touches her chest.

- Her heart is barely beating, she tells me. I stare at Gillian with fear and sadness. How am I going to tell this to Stefan if she dies? Rebekah looks back at Gillian.

Esther's P.O.V.

- They're coming, Mother! informs me, Finn, as he is standing in the middle of the pentagram.

- No, it's too soon, the moon is not high enough, I say, nervously before looking at the Bennett witches. Go! Quickly! Bonnie and Abby retreat into the house, looking confused. After few seconds, Kol, Elijah, and Klaus walk up toward us, all three of them frowning madly. My sons, come forward, I say as I step forward, entering the pentagram.

- Stay beside me, mother, warns me, Finn, lifting up his arm to protect me.

- It's okay. They can't enter, I tell to Finn when I see Kol approaching the pentagram to enter it. However, the torches around it flare up bright immediately which caused him to driven back.

- That's lovely. We're stuck out here, while the favorite son plays sacrificial lamb. How pathetic you are, Finn, tells, Kol while glaring at his brother next to me with madness and hatred due to his betrayal.

- Be quiet, Kol, my son looks at me, frowning. Your brother knows virtue you cannot even imagine.

- Whatever you think of us, killing your own children will be an atrocity, tells me, Elijah with seriousness and madness.

- My only regret is that I did not let you die a thousand years ago, I admit to them without any remorse.

- Enough. All this talk is boring me. End this now, Mother, or I'll send you back to Hell, says, Klaus while smirking and looking at me.

- For a thousand years, I've been forced to watch you, I tell him, staring at my Hybrid son. Felt the pain of every victim, suffered while you shed blood. Even you, Elijah, with your claim to nobility, you're no better, I see my noble son, looking down. All of you. You're a curse on this Earth. Stretched out over generations. If you've come to plead for your life, I'm sorry, you've wasted your time.

Bonnie's P.O.V.

- This place has some serious vibe in it, tells me, Abby as we are walking though the house, hiding from the Originals outside. Of course, she senses the spirits...

- The witch spirits will protect us from the Originals, but we should get into the basement, I explain her as I turn to the left walking through an entrance before leading myself down the stairs of the basement. I enter the basement but quickly turns around when I remark that Abby isn't following me. Abby! I call her when, suddenly, a noise is heard behind me. Who's here? I turn back around and see Stefan standing in front of me. Stefan? What's going on? I ask him, looking and frowning confused at him.

- They took Elena and my daughter. They're going to kill them unless we stop Esther, he explains me, looking serious.

- Stefan, I... I can't stop her. She's channeling us! I tell him, frowning sadly as I think of my friends.

- Bonnie, if you can't stop her. I have to find another way because I am not letting my daughter die like this, I frown while looking at him for a while. Esther casted a spell on Gillian, she's dying slowly, but she is. When the moon will be full, my daughter will be dead, just like the Originals. And I can't accept that, he tells me seriously and upset. I stare at him a bit more before realizing what he is refering to. I shake my head nervously, starting to feel afraid.

- No... Stefan, no, I whisper sadly as tears begin to fill up my eyes. I turn around rapidly to go find my mother upstairs but Stefan rushes in front of me, blocking my way. What are you gonna do? Even if you kill us, Esther is channeling every witch in our ancestry, living and dead. I'm sorry for Gillian, Stefan, I really am, but you can't stop Esther.

- Esther's drawing from the witches and my daughter's energy... life. The only way to cut her off is if one of you is no longer a witch, he explains me seriously. I arc my eyebrows, scared and sad. No... he can't do this.

Damon's P.O.V.

While Stefan is downstairs with Bonnie, I walk up discretely behind Abby. The woman is still looking around, looking nervous as she is trying to know from where the noise came from. I rush to her, bitting my wrist at the same time before grabbing her and puting my wrist to her mouth, forcing her to drink my blood.

- This will only hurt a second, I tell her with a sorry voice while the woman is struggling. I can feel her drinking my blood by force. In only a second, I break her neck and let her body fall on the dusty floor.

Elijah's P.O.V.

- No! Sisters! Do not abandon me! screams, mother as she was channeling with the Bennett witches and almost done with the spell. However, things seem to go wrong for her. The five torches surrounding the pentagram suddenly flare up, which got my brothers and I to back off.

- Mother! I hear Finn screaming. I see him, through the flames, grabbing mother to protect her. After a moment, the torches die out, letting only few faint smoke flying in the air. Mother and Finn aren't in the center of the pentagram anymore. They just... disappear. Klaus, Kol and I stand around in shock of what just happened.

Gillian's P.O.V.

I feel myself laying down on the ground while someone is caressing my hair delicately. I suddenly gasp for air and sit upright quickly before coughing few times. I can breath normally... I am not light-headed anymore... I don't feel sick anymore... I'm fine... They did it. I turn my head and look at Rebekah who is next to me. She was the one caressing my hair... Why being so nice to me? I open my eyese wide while regaining my breathing.

- I'm alive, I whisper while touching my chest where my heart is. I'm... I'm alive. I... I died, no? I ask to the blonde Original vampire who smiles at me. I get up, still looking around with surprised and relief. I look up and see Elena sitting down on the ground. She smiles at me as well but with some weakness. I hear Rebekah's phone vibrating. She takes it out and opens a message. I smile while puting my hand on my forehead. I can't believe I am still alive.

- Well, you can come out now, tells, Rebekah to Elena. Seems your boys took care of the problem.

- How did they do that? questions, Elena, standing up from the ground.

- Damon turned your witch friend's mother into a vampire, answers, Rebekah.

- What? asks, Elena, sounding sad.

- Quite clever, actually. They needed to sever the witch line and, well, you can't be a witch and a vampire. In any case, you're free to go. Oh and, uh, by the way, you were right, she tells to Elena, frowning upset. I do prefer taking my time watching you suffer. Much more satisfying, she says before starting to walk away. However, before she exits the tunnel, Rebekah turns around and looks at me. I'm glad you're still alive, Gillian, she tells me, weakly smiling before definitely leaving the tunnels. I turn around and see Elena frowning sadly. Right... Bonnie's mother.

Bonnie's P.O.V.

I am sitting on Caroline's bed, next to my dead mother. Abby is laying down, looking peaceful. I wonder when she is going to wake up... How will she react when she wake up? I can't believe she will become a vampire... I mean, I never had her in my life and when I finally found her and begin to spend time with her, she is turned into a vampire. We don't have a strong connection but our magic... our powers... that's what was making us communicating. I hold her hand tightly as tears roll down my face.

Elena's P.O.V.

- She doesn't want to see you, tells me, Caroline in a whisper and sadly.

- Please, just let me talk to her, I plead my blonde vampire best friend as I stay on her front porch. My arms are crossed over my chest. I feel so awful about what happened to Bonnie's mother. I feel like it is my fault.

- Abby's in transition. It's going to be really hard over the next few days and if Bonnie needs some time to deal then I think you should give it to her, informs me, Caroline, trying to make me change my mind and insisting on the fact that Bonnie doesn't want to see me.

- She's always been there for me, Caroline. Please. Let me just be there for her too, I whisper sadly, as I shake my head.

- I'm sorry, Elena, apologizes, Care, shaking her head as well. I know that you want to help, but put yourself in her shoes. Everything that happened tonight was to save you and Gillian and that's okay because she loves you. She loves Gillian too, but you more. So much. But somehow she's always the one who gets hurt, tells me, the vampire, frowning and speaking sadly. I nod understandingly as my eyes are beginning to water by themselves. I know Care is right. First Bonnie's Grams, then, my brother going away, now her mother. And again, all because of me...

- You know, you're right. I just... just tell her that I love her, okay? I say and ask her as the tears roll down my face.

- Of course I will, responds, Care, trying to smile. I nod and walk away from her house. I know Bonnie heard me. I know she did...

Gillian's P.O.V.

I am walking through the night, in the streets, breathing the fresh air like it is the last time I am doing it. I almost died tonight. It's not the first time but it is still scary just by the thought of it. Since I exited those tunnels and I entered the town, I keep smelling blood, hearing hearts pomping blood. I'm hungry... I'm so hungry. I can't go back to the boarding house yet. I can feel my body shaking of hunger as my stomach is screaming for blood. I walk up near a parking lot, behind a restaurant in town.

- Ah, ah, no you didn't man, I hear a man laughing loudly as he talks to his friend. I look up, seeing a couple and three of their friends following them behind. The boyfriend turns around, still having an arm around his girlfriend to shake his hand with his best friend. That was good ol' times.

- How man times did we end up in that office because of your bullshit? Questions the man, letting his girlfriend unlocking the car.

Two other women go to the girl as they all laugh together. I look around and remark that nobody is around but them. The parking lot is empty. I can feel my face vamping out quickly. Control yourself Gillian! I hear the five people laughing happily and maybe a bit drunkly. I keep shaking of hunger as I try to fight the urge. But it's so hard... I can hear their heart beating and the sent of their skin and blood... It's like it is calling me. I groan, feeling weak because of what I am about to do. I rush toward them and grab one of the woman, vamp-speeding back to a dark spot. I bite down her neck and kill her instantly, draining her of her blood. Gosh, I must be that hungry for drinking so fast... I can hear her friends calling for her in panic. I drop the body on the ground before rushing again and grabbing a man this time. I hide in the dark and bite down his neck as well, killing him too. I feel bad for doing this to those innocent people... but the taste is so good. I grip onto the body and rush back to the group of friends before throwing their dead friend on the top of the car. The three humans scream scared. I rush back to them, grabbing the second man and killing him by draining him out of his blood. He is my third victim and I still haven't enough... I want more... The body falls on the ground causing his two last girl friends to look at me. My mouth and chin are covered of blood. The red liquid is dripping down onto my clothes. I stare at them with hunger, smirking and licking my lips. So good... Both girls scream of terror as they begin to run away. However, I vamp-speed to stand in front of them, blocking their way. The humans turn around to run the other way, both crying of scaredness while screaming. I rush in front of them again, blocking their way again before compelling the woman on the right.

- Do not, move or scream or even talk, I say, staring into her eyes to compel her.

Her friend on the left, scream of horror and fear, crying hardly before running the other way again. However, I vamp-speed after her and bite down her neck roughly. I drain her blood out, going so hard on her that I accidentally made her neck snap and her head fall on the ground. What? I stare at it as I am still holding the body up. No... I... I never went that far before. I... What did I do? I drop the body, horrified by what I did. I can't do this anymore... I look at my hands as I remark the blood on it. I'm such a monster... I back away slowly, shaking my head when I heart one last heart beating. No... I turn around, looking at the last girl who is still standing up, not moving, not talking, not screaming but crying. I don't want to do it... But the heart pomping blood... I walk up to her, groaning upset, feeling mad about myself before biting down her neck, draining her blood out just like her friends.

Half an hour later, I drop the last body over the Wickery Bridge, hiding my crimes. They were innocent humans... just like all the others. And still, I keep doing it. I just couldn't stop. Those heartbeats... seeing them scared... the sent of the blood... It was all too much. I hate how it is controlling me. I pick up five flowers that I gathered in the grass not too far and throw them in the water for those people. I turn around and walk back to town, needing a good glass of Bourbon. If I go home right now, dad or Uncle Damon are going to ask me why I didn't come earlier and they are going to ask me what happened. I remarked that my t-sirt is almost fully covered of blood. I zip up my jacket, hiding it as I enter the center of Mystic Falls again. I lead myself toward the Grill and enter the restaurant. There isn't much people left... Only four as I can see without counting the waiters. A man is sitting at the bar. You've got to be kidding me... I sigh and walk up to the man. I stand next to him, not looking at the man as I wait for a waiter to come... which won't be now because nobody is behind the counter.

- Love, you're alive! I hear Klaus saying kind of joyfully and relief. I turn my head and see the original hybrid smiling and sitting next to me. Why don't you join me for a drink?

- If you have a full bottle of Bourbon maybe... He takes a bottle from behind the counter and shows it to me, smiling. I quietly sigh before smiling. Why not? I say sitting on a stool and taking the bottle from his hand. Instead of pouring some in a glass, I drink it from it.

- Someone is having a hard night, tells me, the Hybrid. Like he wasn't maybe...

- Like you're not, I tell him, mentioning the fact that he was supposed to die tonight. Klaus nods as he empties his glass.

- So, I heard my mother did something to you today, I scoff and shake my head. I apologize for whatever happened to you.

- Why? I ask him, frowning confused as I look at him. It wasn't your fault, Klaus. And beside, I survived, right?

- Maybe, but you almost died because of what my siblings and I are. And I apologize for that, answers, the Original Hybrid with sincerity.

- Why does it seem like you keep apologizing to me? First my father, then the pain, then the compulsion, now this? Stop it, Klaus. Just stop, Klaus stares at me, looking confused but hurt as well. I know you think you're doing the right thing, I know that you think it will help you to know that I forgive you. And I do, as crazy as it sounds... I do forgive you, I tell him truthfully while nodding. But stop apologizing for something you didn't do. You might be a killer, you might be a monster, you might have done horrible things to nice and innocent people for centuries... And still, you live with yourself because you know that whether we are vampires, werewolves, witches... Hybrids, or humans, we all are murderers. We all put at least, once, someone in pain. We all know what betrayal is, but we also all know what friends and family are. Unfortunately, in our world, it is a bit more complicated, I tell him before taking a sip from the bottle. Klaus stays silent for a moment while staring at me. After a short moment, he grabs the bottle from my hand and drinks it.

- You know, I never lied when I said that I admire you. Everytime the two of us have a discussion, you make me realize things. You make me... calm. You make me think. And for some reasons, which I don't have the answers for, you always find the right words. How come? Responds and questions to me, Klaus, frowning confused and shaking his head.

- I guess I don't need to be a thousand years old to know how to speak with people. I just listen to them or see what is happening and examine the situation to understand what they are going through, I answer to the Hybrid, weakly shaking my head and shrugging. I look at the man next to me and see him nodding before sighing and looking down at his empty glass. Klaus, I know that your biggest fear is to be alone, he looks back up at me, a slight pain flashing his eyes. But I don't see why you fear it. I keep trying to understand the reasons and I can't come to find some. I mean you have a family, right your father hated you and your mother too at some points. But you have your siblings, he scoffs and shakes his head before taking a new sip from the bottle. Do not scoff with me when I'm serious, Klaus looks back at me with serious. You might have daggered them for years and years and for several different times, and still, they stay by your sides. Don't they? Klaus stares at me before looking away, lightly sighing as he seems to be realizing that I am... right? I'm not trying to hurt you or anything. I just want you to realize what you have, I whisper to him truthfully. Were you not the one, with Elijah, saying those three words : "Always and forever"? Klaus stares at me, not saying a word. I take the bottle from his hand and take a sip of it. I see him in the corner of my eyes, nodding lightly.

- What's your fear, Love? He whispers, suddenly, after a long and quiet moment.

- I don't know. I never really thought about it, I answer him, shaking my head while lying.

- Oh come on, we all have one fear, smiles, Klaus.

- Well, in that case... My biggest fear would be... To lose my father and my uncle. I don't think I'll manage to live alone if one day they disappear, I admit to him, losing my smile as I talk seriously.

- So you fear to be alone as well? He asks, looking surprised. I stare at him for a moment, frowning lightly. He's right... I never thought about it that way.

- I guess... I respond, lightly shrugging while realizing that we have the same fear.

- You'll never be alone, Gillian, I faintly scoff while shaking my head and taking a new sip from the bottle. Do you know why I know that? Because of your heart, your bright smile, your fun attitude and that love that you keep spreading and giving to people. Even the ones that don't deserve it. People will always be there for you and... If one day, there is really nobody there for you. Maybe you can come find me. Because whether you believe it or not, I'll be there for you, I stare at him as I remark how serious and sincere he looks and talks. Klaus stares into my green eyes, nodding. I'll be the figure that you need in your life. Any figure you need, a friend, an uncle from another family,... A father figure for an hour or more, I smile to his words. I'll just be there for you.

- Thanks, Klaus. I really appreciate it. And I'm glad to know that I won't ever be alone, I thank him, smiling and nodding. I hand him the bottle and the man smiles before taking it and drinking a sip of it.

- So, will you tell me what you did before coming here? I shake my head, frowning confused as I title my head on the side. I can smell it, Love, smirks, Klaus. I roll my eyes as I begin to feel horrible again.

- I needed to gain my energy back after today's events so I stopped on a parking lot, I answer him, not proud of myself. Klaus nods, frowning.

- Who? He gently asks.

- I don't know, a couple and some of there friends, I respond, shaking my head and looking at the Original Hybrid. Klaus nods but stays quiet. I became a true monster, Klaus. I hate myself more than anything. I am slowly becoming what my father was known for... A Ripper, I whisper to him, frowning with... I wish I could say pain or sadness but I don't seem to be able to show it. Stupid lack of emotions...

- I don't believe that, Love, tells me, Klaus, shaking his head.

- You should.

- Well, I don't believe it, he repeats seriously. I mean, you indeed are the daughter of the famous Ripper of Monterey, and maybe you are becoming one yourself, I sigh and look down. You do and did kill people. But you are no more or less a monster than any other vampires, Love, I look back up at him. You are what you are. You do what you think is right.

- Killing innocents is everything but not right, Klaus, I whisper, shaking my head while mentioning the fact that I kill people. I remember the head of that girl, falling down her body because I went too far.

- Then find the strength to stop.

- I can't. I try to find it but the... The blood just smells so good, I whisper even lower than before.

- Fight it, Love. I know you can do it. I do believe in that. I do believe in you. You're strong. It might going to take some time but you will find the strength, I nod slowly while sighing. Maybe he is right... Maybe I can fight the urge? Klaus faintly smiles at me before taking a sip from the bottle. I stand up and embrace the Original Hybrid by his biggest surprised. Klaus puts few seconds before passing his free hand around my back. He is not used to it. He is not used for someone to hug him. I can feel and sense it. I pull away from him after a moment when I hear my phone vibrating in my pocket. I take it off my jean pocket and look at the screen.

- "Where are you Gillian? Why aren't you home already? Are you alright? Do you want me to come pick you up? Is something wrong? Please answer my message, baby." Says, the text message from my father. Is someone slowly recovering his emotions? That'd be great. That's all I ask for him. I look back up at Klaus who stares at me.

- I need to go home. My father will go crazy otherwise, the Original Hybrid nods after lightly rolling my eyes. Goodnight Niklaus. Thanks for the talk and the bottle, I thank him, smiling. The Original Hybrid first looked at me surprised because I used his full name.

- Goodnight, Love. Anytime, smiles back, Klaus. I turn around and walk out of the Grill before vamp-speeding to the boarding house after being sure that nobody can see me.

Stefann's P.O.V.

- Is she safe? Is Gillian alive? asks to me, my brother as I heard him washing his hands. He is standing in his bathroom as I enter his bedroom. I look at him, puting his ring back on. He turns around and sees me standing in the middle of his bedroom, my arms crossed over my chest.

- Elijah kept his word. Rebekah let Elena go, I nod. And Gillian... she's not back yet but she made it, I tell him while nodding. I almost lost her today, Damon. One more time, I whisper, shaking my head.

- Well, all's right in the world again, tells me, Damon, before picking his glass of Bourbon and entering his bedroom again, leaving the bathroom.

- I lost that coin toss, Damon, my brother looks down, knowing where I am going by saying this. I know I lost it, I saw the coin. It should have been me who turned Abby. Why did you do it?

- Cause I'm not blind. I see what's been going on around here. You're hanging by a thread, Stefan. Barely over your last ripper binge and all you want is to be the old Stefan again, answers to me, Damon.

- Hmm. That part of me is gone for good, I tell him, shaking my head even though I am lying.

- Oh yeah? How long has it been since you've had a drop of human blood? questions, my brother while smirking. I stare at him, nodding lightly.

- How'd you know? I ask, ignoring his question.

- Spend 146 years with someone, you kind of start to pick up on their tells. Answer the question. How long has it been since your last drink? tells and asks me, my daughter's uncle before raising the glass to his mouth and taking a sip of his drink. I stay silent for a small moment.

- Since the night I threatened to drive Elena off the Wickery Bridge, I admit, looking away from him, feeling guilty as I hate myself.

- See? You have enough to feel guilty about! Why add to the list? I look back at Damon. By the way, you're welcome, he turns around, begining to walk away.

- You know, you're not fooling anyone either. You still love her, Damon, he turns back around, looking at me seriously as I mentioned Elena.

- I do, nods, Damon. And I thought I could win her from you fair and square. She didn't want me, he admits. It's for the best. I'm better at being the bad guy anyway. But I didn't do it just because I love Elena, Stefan. I did it because I also know that Gillian loves you more than anything in this world. You are her father, you are the only parent she had in her whole life. She learned everything by you... from you. And I'm pretty sure, for her, in her mind, she knows and thinks that she owes you everything, Damon takes a sip of his drink again. That speech you made in the car, about Gillian, about how you couldn't live without her, about how much you would hate yourself if she hated you... I stare at him, frowning lightly. Well, guess what, Stefan, I do hate it as well when Gillian hates me or just won't talk to me. She's my niece and she understands me. But I am not stupid. I am not careless either. She's your daughter, he says while pointing at me, if I have to choose between letting her hating you or her hating me... I'll choose her hating me because I am not just a dick. And I am certainly not blind. You both need each other, not because you are family, not because you are father/daughter, not because you have the same ennemies, but because you both lived through so much together and for so many years. I once almost took her away from you, Stefan, remember, when you were all Ripper before you met Lexi? I look down few seconds before lightly nodding. I remember that time, it wasn't my best, but I did everything I could to keep Gillian and to educate her the best. Well, I didn't do it because I knew you'd be able to fight that dark side of you, just for her. I knew that if you wanted it, if you had the will to become a better man, it was going to be for you daughter. Only for her. And also because I thought that's what would have destroy you, but that was when I wanted you to live a living-hell for making of me a vampire and for Katherine to chose you instead of me, I nod lightly again, understandingly. I did what I did tonight, not only because I see what is happening with you, not only because I know Elena choosed you and not me, but mostly because Gillian needs you as much as you need her, Damon turns around again and begins to leave his bedroom. He arrives near the exit of his bedroom, but I stop him, talking.

- She needs you too, Damon, he stops but doesn't turn around. Gillian might be my daughter and I do need her to survive in this life. We did live through so much together, dark periods and happy moments,... She's a strong, intelligent and grown up woman... but that doesn't mean she doesn't need her uncle, Damon. She needs you. Just like I need you. Because you are my big brother, you are her uncle and we are a family, I see Damon lightly turning his head but he doesn't look at me. I remark him faintly nodding before finishing his glass and finally leaving his bedroom.

Gillian's P.O.V.

I walk up to the boarding house after vamp-speeding from the Grill to my home. I don't know what time it is but I am exhausted. I open the front door and close it behind me when I hear and see the brothers coming to the hall. The both look relief and happy to see me. Damon is holding a glass of Bourbon as always.

- Gillian, whispers, my father, smiling. I look up at dad who walks up to me before quickly embracing me. I'm so glad you're okay, baby, he whispers, tightening his embrace. I envelope him back with my arms but before I could tighten my embrace, dad pulls away, frowning. What did you do? I frown as well when I remark Damon standing behind my father, frowning as well. They both know, I can tell...

- I don't want to talk about it, I say as I turn to the stairs and begin to walk upstairs.

- No, who did you kill? Gillian! screams, dad, but it didn't sounded like he was mad. It sounded more like an almost concern tone.

- Gillian, answer to your father. What did you do? tells and questions, Damon while him and his brother follow me behind. I reach the top of the stairs and enter the corridor going to my bedroom.

- Gillian!

- What?! I ask them, stopping abruptly and turning around to face them two. I frown madly. Why should I answer those questions when we all know here what I did! Huh? Why does it matter so much?

- A : we don't want you hurt and B : it is not a good time to create victims around the town, answers, Damon seriously, frowning at the same time.

- You don't want me hurt? You don't... I laugh nervously and madly before going back to my seriousness. I think it's a bit late, isn't it?

- Gillian, we're doing our best to keep you alive and safe, reminds me, my father, sounding upset.

- Don't you think I know that, dad? They both look up at me, frowning confused. Don't you think that I know that every freaking time I am in danger or between life and death, you both run to get to my rescue?! I know that you both put your life to save me... And Elena. I know it!

- Gillian, who did you kill tonight? questions, Damon calmly.

- Why do you both care so much on who I killed? Why don't you care about how I feel, instead? Why none of you ask how I felt when I killed those people? Why don't you ask why I killed them? They both stay quiet before me, looking like they can't find their words. I shake my head and scoff before looking down. Is it because I am careless? None of them answer and keep staring at me. I can't believe this, I whisper, shaking my head as I understand their silence. You know, I might be careless and I might not feel but I never forgot what it used to be like when I had emotions. I know it is wrong to kill, I know I should be ashamed and I know I am a disappointment to your eyes to the both of you. Well, guess what? I am sorry for being the disappointment of this family! I see Damon frowning with sadess as my father shakes his head. But what I've done is done. And I'm sorry for it! I almost died today. I suffered as much, maybe even more, as when I was bitten by Tyler. I needed to eat... I was weak and I needed blood. So, when I crossed my path with those people... I just couldn't resist it. The urge was so important... hearing their heart pomping blood, seeing their face getting scared... Their sent... It smelled delicious. And as awful as it's going to sound, I liked it. I liked it and I hate myself for liking it! I just hate myself, but I know I have to live with it. And since I don't feel, I don't give a damn about it, a small but heavy silence takes place in the corridor. None of the brothers move nor talk. They just exchange a glance together, like they often do. I don't know what it means, but they seem to understand each other. I sigh as I was about to turn around to walk up to my bedroom when dad begins to talk.

- If someone is a disappointment to this family... It is me, Gillian. I am the Ripper here, he reminds me. I look up at him when I see Uncle Damon shaking his head. If you knew what I did tonight... If you saw how I ripped that girl on the parking lot, dad... You would probably not say this.

- Will you both stop this for a second? None of you are a disappointment to this family. Yes, you might be the famous Ripper of Monterey, and you are his daughter. Yes, none of you feel nor care right now. But I think it is bullshit. You both just won't admit or face the pain anymore that you try to make everyone believe that you don't feel, I look down, knowing my uncle is right. Dad and I are lying to ourselves, but t's better this way for now. At some point, this is going to have to stop, Damon turns around, walking back toward the stairs. And just so you know, we are all killers here which makes the three of us a disappointment, tells, Damon before walking down the stairs. I stare at my father for a moment, exchanging a long glance with him. None of us move nor say a word.

Elena's P.O.V.

I enter my bedroom, feeling tired and sad for my friend. I hate not being able to help her and I hate it even more that she doesn't want my help. Why is everything happening to us? Why doesn't she want my help? I know it's my fault, but I never asked for it... I sigh and walk up inside my bedroom when I discover an envelope on my bed. What is this? I pick it up and discover the name of the Original on it. Elijah... I take it and open the letter while walking toward my window, to sit on the border of it.

- "Elena, today I did things I abhor to protect the one thing I value most. My family. If anyone can understand that, it's you. Your compassion is a gift, Elena. Carry it with you. As I will carry my regret. Always and forever. Elijah." I sigh and lower the letter before looking outside in the night.

Rebekah's P.O.V.

- Where the bloody hell is everyone? I ask to my brother, Elijah, as I remark how calm and empty the house is. It felt more alive this morning...

- It's over, Rebekah, answers seriously, Elijah, staring outside the window.

- Where's mother? I ask, frowning confused.

- We have no mother, responds, Elijah, turning around to look at me. Only Esther, and Esther was right.

- What do you mean? I ask confused.

- My talk of virtue. When it suits my needs, I kill, maim, and torment. Even today, I terrorized two innocents, he tells me while slowly approaching me, looking guilty.

- Elena is hardly innocent, I tell him, shaking my head.

- And I used your hatred of her to get what I wanted. Wielded you like I would a sword. My sister, he replies, staring into my eyes.

- And Gillian? Why did you take her to? I like that Salvatore girl. She isn't annoying like Elena, Elijah stays silent, staring at me. I sigh and shake my head. You did it to protect us, Elijah, and rightly so! We deserve to live! We are better than they are.

- Are we? Mother made us vampires. She didn't make us monsters, we did that to ourselves, he tells me, sounding hurt, guilty and ashamed of ourselves. I keep staring at my brother, understanding what he is telling me before looking down. Elijah leaves the room after walking passed me.

Klaus's P.O.V.

I'm in the parlor room, standing in front of the fireplace, burning sketches I drew of Caroline. I love her but she keeps hurting me. Why do I love her so much? What is it about her that makes me weak for her? I continue throwing the drawings down in the fire when I hear someone entering the room.

- I thought you'd have gone by now. Elijah's leaving. Kol's fled. Esther and Finn are gone too, I tell to my sister, knowing it can only be her. Everything is going back as it used to be...

- I hated you when I learned you killed our mother, I look up at her, stopping burning the drawings. But I realize now that after a thousand years together as a family, you're the only one who never left me.

- Well, aren't we a pair, I joke without smiling.

- There's something I need you to see, tells me, my sister, holding up her phone.

- Come to brag about your skills as a torturer? I ask her, puting my sketchbook on top of the beam and walking toward her to take the phone and look at the screen.

- Look at the images on the wall behind Elena, I look at the video, seeing the brunette and a drawing behind her. The Natives told the story of our family history, look at the images on the far wall.

- What is it? I ask, frowning confused.

- A Native worshipping at the Great White Oak tree, explains me, Rebekah, looking at my eyes with seriousness.

- And? We burned that tree to the ground, I remind her.

- Look at the markings that precede it, I look back at the screen and see another drawing. That's the native calendar.

- This can't be right, I say, shaking my head, not wanting to believe it.

- A White Oak tree, three hundred years after we fled back to the Old World. There must have been a sapling, a new tree to replace the old. That tree could kill us. It's not over, Nik, she tells me as I begin to feel nervous and mad again. Will it ever be over?

Alaric's P.O.V.

I suddenly wake up on a sofa, feeling pain in my rib cage. Oh right... the fight and... I'm not in my apartment! I slowly stand up and walk quietly over Meredith's bedroom. She is sleeping deeply. I smile to the sight of the sleepy woman before turning around to enter her kitchen. I walk toward a closet and pick up some medication before taking it. At least, it will ease a bit the pain. I turn around and lean on the counter when I remark my own hospital impatient medical folder resting on the other counter. What? I walk up to it, frowning confused. I briefly open it before returning it. I pick up another folder with Bill Forbes's name on it. Why would she have that here? Isn't it confidential? I rifle through it, looking at some crime scene photos of the knife that was used to kill Caroline's father. I close the folder and put it aside when I find something wrapped in a cloth. I take it and unwrap the thing, discovering the knife that killed Bill Forbes. Why does she have it? What is going on here? Suddenly, a trigger of a gun is being pulled. I look up and see Meredith aiming the gun at me.

- You weren't supposed to see that, she tells me seriously and with a dark tone before shooting at me. Darkness quickly surrounds me again.

Gillian's P.O.V.

After that talk with Uncle Damon and dad, I went immediately under my shower to take all that blood off. I am tired to smell the blood on my clothes. I throw the clothes away after puting my baggy shirt on and a jogging. I sigh while taking my headphones with my phone before going on the roof. I can't sleep now. I need fresh air first... again. How will I tell to my father and uncle that I ripped someone tonight? Should I even tell them? Will they hate me after? They'll be disappointed for sure... All I want is for them to understand me. I just feel misunderstood. Maybe it's just me... maybe they understand me and I don't see it? I sit on the roof before laying on it, staring at the sky full of stars with a full moon. I put the music on, a calm one while trying to stop thinking. I close my eyes, feeling a light fresh breeze running on my skin.

- Evening Beautiful, I open my eyes before rolling them. What is he doing here? I don't need to turn my head to know who it is. Mind if I join you? he asks, sitting next to me and smiling.

- Please, make yourself at home, I answer with sarcasm and forcing a smile.

- Someone's moody tonight.

- I have my reasons, I reply as I sit upright and sigh for a long time. A small silence takes place between us. I frown confused as the silence begins to be long. I turn my head to the right and look at Kol who is staring at me. His eyes are showing concern. What?

- Nothing, he answers, shrugging.

- Then, why are you looking at me like that?

- I liked you much better at the ball, he tells me, frowning at my sudden reaction.

- Well, I'm sorry to be a disappointment to you too, Kol, I say while standing up. Look, the last thing I want is to fight. I had enough for today, okay? I woke up sick, throwing up everywhere, I was weak, I almost died because I couldn't breath, I fainted, I felt like someone was stabbing me or ripping my heart out, my eyes, nose and ears bled before my heart barely gave out. I almost died because Esther, your mother, I say pointing at him, almost killed me to have more power. How insane is that? Kol stands up at well, losing his upset frown and replacing it with a understanding and concern one again. And of course, to add more. I killed five people, ripping them up because I couldn't resist the urge of the blood. Then, I threw their bodies over the Wickery Bridge, erasing my tracks, I say as I look down, hating myself even more. Kol slowly steps forward but I back away carefully, to not fall off of the roof. Kol, I'm sorry if I am not a good compagny tonight, but I cannot be perfect for everyone. I cannot be the person everyone wants me to be. I am who I am, I... I kill and I hate it. Is that so hard to understand? Because I feel like nobody understands me. I feel like I am an outsider wherever I go, I tell him, shaking my head and sighing tiredly. I look at him, seeing the Original vampire nodding slowly while still looking at me. Why is he faintly smiling? Kol slowly begins to step up but I back away again. He puts his hands up, telling me that everything is okay. Kol, please stop. I can't... I can't...

- It's okay, Love. It's okay, you need to let it go, he tells me, still approaching me slowly. I shake my head as I continue backing away.

- Kol, I... I didn't have time to finish my sentence that my foot slipe and I fall off of the roof.

Like any other normal person, I would have scream, scared of the void and the fall. But I didn't. Instead, I closed my eyes and waited for my body to touch the ground. What can happen to me anyway? I can't die from a fall like this. I was waiting to touch the ground when I feel a pair of arms catching me, bridal style. I slowly open my eyes when I see Kol, smiling at me. The man puts me down slowly, but keeps a hand behind my back. Our face are so near to each other. I look down at his lips, wanting to kiss them. Kol leans in slowly but instead of touching my lips, he goes to my neck and near my ear.

- You should let your emotions back on, Love. It's going to be hard... It will be hard at first. But you hold on so much that whether your emotions are off or on, you will still exploded like a volcano, I feel his breath kissing my neck which cause me to close my eyes. He's right... He is damn right... As surprising as it is, I slowly let myself relaxing in his embrace, melting against him. You'll need help to get through this. Everyone needs help in life. I want to give you mine, he whispers before really kissing my neck this time. Kol pulls away, puting his right hand on my cheek to caress it. I re-open my eyes to look up at him. I don't know what it is, but something about you is making me weak for you, I stare at the man's eyes, lightly shakng my head. I don't know what to tell him. But I do know that I feel the same...

Kol keeps a firm grip onto my back as he slowly leans in for my lips this time. I close my eyes, wanting to feel something... anything. But before the Original could put his lips on mine, the front door gets open, letting dad and Damon walking out on the front porch. Kol pulls away and looks up at them. I see him smirking to the brothers before he looks back at me. Kol places a kiss on my forehead before vamp-speeding away. I look into the darkness of the night, the Original already far from here. I turn around after a moment and look at the brothers who stare at me with a frown. However, it isn't a mad one. It is more a concerned and nervous for the both of them... and disapproved one from Damon. How would dad disapprove this. He doesn't feel. I walk back up toward them and pass between the brothers to enter the boarding house again, not saying a word. Neither do they. I re-enter my bedroom and see a note on it... Well, a drawing actually. I take it, frowning confused when I see that it is me, smiling. I turn the drawing over and discover a small note.

- "For my alone and misunderstanding warrior. Keep fighting, even when everything seems to be impossible to achieve. Niklaus", I sit on my bed and sigh before puting the drawing down. I lay down and stare at the ceiling for a very long moment, before falling asleep of tiredness.

Heyy guys!! How are you? 😁 This chapter is the longest chapter I have ever wrote ! 😁 And I can't believe I just published the 60th chapter ! 😱😱 Times go by so fast, guys!! Thank you all so much for the 53k views and the 1,3k likes!! 💖💖 You guys seriously rock !! 🎉🎉 So what did you think of the new chapter?

- What do you think of what happened to Gillian?
- Do you like how Elena and Gillian's relationship is now? Or did you prefer when they fought?
- What did you think of Gillian ripping her first body because of her hunger? Should she tell the brothers? Or should they discover it by someone else? What should the brothers do when they found out?
- What did you think of that Kollian moment at the end?
- Did you like the moment with Klaus as well?
- MASSIVE QUESTION !! : Do you think Katherine should bring Gillian's emotions back or should it be one of the brothers? Because Katherine won't appear recently but I can find a way to make her bring Gillian's emotions. Maybe both brothers could bring her emotions? Or would you like it to be Kol?
- Do you think Gillian is being too much on the fact that nobody understands her? Or is she right?

Thank you so much for reading this new chapter! 😁 I apologize for the mistakes! 😏 Please, feel free to vote and/or comment! 😘😘